[90977] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] how to use {nej}?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rohan Fenwick - QeS 'utlh)
Mon Nov 28 09:45:45 2011
From: Rohan Fenwick - QeS 'utlh <qeslagh@hotmail.com>
To: <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:45:34 +1000
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ghItlhpu' De'vID, jatlh: =
> How would I say, "Search for the targ in the forest", or "Search for =
> the record in the data banks"?
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jIjangpu', jIjatlh: =
> Do you have a specific issue with {ngemDaq targh yInej} or {qawHaqDaq =
> ta yInej}? =
jatlhtaH De'vID:
> Also, what if I want to leave the search target unspecified? e.g., =
> "Search (in) the forest", "Search (in) the data banks"? =
jang quljIb, jatlh:
> My instinct is to go with {ngem yInej} for "Search (in) the forest," =
> and {qawHaq nej} for "Search (in) the database."
{nej} has been used in canon and the object is always the thing being
searched for:
vInejqa' (TKD p.37)
"I am searching for him/her again"
jagh luHoHmeH jagh lunejtaH (TKD p.65)
"They are searching for the enemy in order to kill him/her"
'avwI' nejDI' narghta'bogh qama' reH 'avwI' Sambej =
(TKW p.200)
"When an escaped prisoner looks for a guard, he always finds one"
If I were to see {ngem yInej} and {qawHaq yInej}, I'd understand them
as "look for the forest" and "look for the databanks".
>"Search the catalogue for the book," I'd render {mem yInej 'ej paq
> botu'}.
Apart from the {nej}, I think you'd need {yI-} in the second part as
well. {botu'} there strikes me as odd considering the sense of the
English version.
QeS 'utlh
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