[87185] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: The topic marker -'e'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher Doty)
Wed Nov 25 21:24:08 2009
In-Reply-To: <0DEC1691F756476BB8C7720B9D5A74FF@juH.Seruqtuq.net>
From: Christopher Doty <suomichris@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:52:51 -0800
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
> I haven't been watching too closely to this thread, just catching the general discussion. So,
> without being influenced by any side of this discussion I thought I would throw in what this average
> speaker reads in this.
>
> Because of the -vaD, yIHvaD must be in what some would call the header; and the sentence itself
> states that a/the dishonorable battle is a/the battle.
> "To benefit the tribbles, the dishonorable battle is a battle."
> "For the benefit of the tribbles, the dishonorable battle is a battle."
I'm not getting this reading at all. -vaD isn't "for the benefit of"
but "recipient."
