[90927] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] how to use {nej}?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rohan Fenwick - QeS 'utlh)
Sun Nov 27 00:12:07 2011
From: Rohan Fenwick - QeS 'utlh <qeslagh@hotmail.com>
To: <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:11:54 +1000
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jatlh De'vID:
> How would I say, "Search for the targ in the forest", or "Search for
> the record in the data banks"? I presume the thing being searched for
> ({targh}, {ta}) is the object of {nej}, but how do I indicate the
> parameters of/restrictions on the search ({ngem}, {qawHaq})?
jang quljIb:
> I would break them into two separate sentences. {ngemDaq 'oH targh. yIwam!}
ngemDaq 'oH targh*'e'*.
(Personally I'd say it with {'oHtaH}, since most of the locative pronoun-as-
verb constructs in canon have -taH, but that's just my idiom and YMMV.)
QeS 'utlh
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