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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Dhammapada 183

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI')
Fri Apr 27 17:21:45 2012

From: ghunchu'wI' <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
In-Reply-To: <6.2.5.6.2.20120427072620.04614670@flyingstart.ca>
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:00:32 -0500
To: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org

On Apr 27, 2012, at 9:30 AM, Qov <robyn@flyingstart.ca> wrote:

> At 23:26 '?????' 4/26/2012, De'vID jonpIn wrote:
>> De'vID:
>> >> bIyem 'e' yIjunchu'taHqu'[1],
>> >> batlh ghob yIpab 'ej batlh yIvang,
>> >> yablIj'e' yInItqu'moHlI';
>> >> 'e' ghojmoH {Buddha}[2] paQDI'norgh.
> 
> I question {'e'} as the object of ghojmoH there.

My reaction is much stronger: {'e'} is clearly the wrong tool here.

How about {paQDI'norghvam ghojmoH Buddha}? Maybe use {maq} or {nob} instead of {ghojmoH}.

>  In {SoHvaD tlhIngan Hol vIghojmoH} the lesson learned isn't really the object of the verb.

There's room for debate on the exact nuances of grammar at work, but what else but the object could it be?

-- ghunchu'wI
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