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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] voDleH Qun je
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Philip Newton)
Wed Apr 25 08:22:10 2012
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From: Philip Newton <philip.newton@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:21:33 +0200
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 14:21, Philip Newton <philip.newton@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 08:33, De'vID jonpIn <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> yatlhchoH voDleH be' 'ej puqloD qeng.
>>
>> The king's lady bore a son.
>
> I think this "bear" is in the sense of "give birth to" rather than
> "carry" (in other words, the active verb of which "born" is the
> passive participle). So I wonder whether {puqloD boghmoH voDleH be'}
> would be a better translation.
...or {yatlhchoH vodleH be' 'ej ghIq bogh puqloD} or something.
--
Philip Newton <philip.newton@gmail.com>
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