[87141] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: The topic marker -'e'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Wed Nov 25 15:40:28 2009
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:37:25 -0500
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
In-reply-to: <249d5b950911251221l75a58723w8fb5ce735db9aa72@mail.gmail.com>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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Steven Lytle wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Christopher Doty <suomichris@gmail.com>wrote:
>> yIHHomvaD may' 'oH may' quvHa''e'
>>
> qatlh "yIHHomvaD" Dajatlh? yIHHom may' 'oH may' quvHa''e'.
lugh lay'tel SIvten. When you've got a noun–noun construction (i.e.,
genitive), the first noun cannot take a Type 5 suffix (TKD 3.4).
*{yIHHomvaD may'} "battle for minor tribbles (tribblets?)" is incorrect;
it should be {yIHHom may'} "minor tribble battle." Otherwise, your
original sentence can only mean "For minor tribbles, a dishonorable
battle is a battle."
'ach nuq 'oH yIHHom'e'?
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