[88699] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: nom qetwI'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (lojmIt tI'wI' nuv)
Thu Jan 20 10:10:48 2011
From: "lojmIt tI'wI' nuv" <lojmitti7wi7nuv@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <288DFB76-86EF-40AB-8C1E-46F4A39DF71E@alcaco.net>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 09:57:17 -0500
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
qetchu'wI' vIlegh. qetbejwI' vIlegh. qettaHvIS loD vIleghbogh, SuS rur. vIghro' juSlaHbogh loD'e' vIlegh. mujuSta'bogh loD vIlegh. qettaHvIS loD vIleghbogh, nISwI' tIH rur. tloS qetwI' vIlegh, 'ach tlhoy nom qetmo 'vIleghchu'be'.
That last one stretches the grammar by including two adverbials, which probably isn't allowed, though this limits our capacity to express things to a degree I don't like very much.
Then again, I don't like that there is no verbal equivalent to {nom} and {QIt}, since that eliminates the use of adjectives applied to nouns referring to the quality of their velocity. There are no fast ships. There are only ships that go quickly.
But hey, I didn't make this language. It's not my fault.
pItlh.
lojmIt tI'wI' nuv
On Jan 19, 2011, at 8:06 PM, ghunchu'wI' 'utlh wrote:
> On Jan 19, 2011, at 3:26 PM, Lieven Litaer <lieven.litaer@web.de> wrote:
>
>> nom qetchugh vay', vaj ghaHvaD *nom qetwI'* vIpong net chaw''a'?
>> jIghelqa': DIp choHlaH'a' chuv?
>
> Qapbe'. Seng Datu'law'pu' je SoH.
>
>> jIjatlhchugh {nom qetwI' vIlegh}, vaj nom jIlegh jIH. nom qetbe' ghaH.
>> vaj chay' nom qetbogh loD vIponglaH?
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> bIghelHa'. bIjang'eghta': nom qetbogh loD ghaHba'.
>
> pong mach DapoQbej'a'? chaq «Do loD» Dalaj.
>
> -- ghunchu'wI'
>
>
