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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] how to use {nej}?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Qov)
Sun Dec 4 12:08:56 2011

Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2011 09:06:06 -0800
To: Gaerfindel <gaerfindel@hotmail.com>, tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
From: Qov <robyn@flyingstart.ca>
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At 05:26 28/11/2011, Gaerfindel wrote:
>vIja:
>My instinct is to go with {ngem yInej} for "Search (in) the forest," 
>and {qawHaq nej} for "Search (in) the database."  "Search the 
>catalogue for the book," I'd render {mem yInej 'ej paq botu'}.

How then would you distinguish between "Search in the forest" and 
"Search for the forest"?

I want the object of nej to always be the thing searched for, and 
have no problem with specifying the search location (with -Daq) and 
omitting the search target.

- Qov 'utlh 


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