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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Question regarding purpose clauses
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Felix Malmenbeck)
Tue May 1 17:24:41 2012
From: Felix Malmenbeck <felixm@kth.se>
To: De'vID jonpIn <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com>, tlhIngan-Hol
<tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 21:24:15 +0000
In-Reply-To: <CA+7zAmMuzoLOjrhM=CBhyhDaQAxyN9QnRKfys84Oarw1t5NmRA@mail.gmail.com>
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>> QI'tu'Daq maHlaw'taH. maHeghpu' qIt'a'?
> However, this sentence doesn't have {-meH}. Also, I think the {qIt}
> is extraneous: {maHeghpu''a'} does just as well, and it is
> unambiguously grammatical. I don't see what your sentence adds, other
> than apparent grammatical violation.
Oops; I meant for it to say <maHeghpu'meH qIt'a'>.
>> wej pa' pawmeH vay' DuH'a'?
> I have no idea how to parse this. It's gibberish to me.
That's extremely interesting; it's meant to say "Is it possible that nobody's arrived there yet?".
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From: De'vID jonpIn [de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 23:20
To: tlhIngan-Hol
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Question regarding purpose clauses
ghunchu'wI':
>> Your sentences with {DuH} and {qIt}
>> seem like complete gibberish to me, and I'm not sure what you intend
>> them to mean.
loghaD:
> That's VERY interesting to hear, since they come extremely naturally to me.
>
> Assuming you're talking about these two:
>
> QI'tu'Daq maHlaw'taH. maHeghpu' qIt'a'?
"We're apparently in paradise. Is it possible that we've died?"
({QI'tu'} is the source of creation though; {Suto'vo'qor} is where
honourable warriors go when they die, and {ghe'tor} the dishonourable
ones.)
However, this sentence doesn't have {-meH}. Also, I think the {qIt}
is extraneous: {maHeghpu''a'} does just as well, and it is
unambiguously grammatical. I don't see what your sentence adds, other
than apparent grammatical violation.
loghaD:
> wej pa' pawmeH vay' DuH'a'?
I have no idea how to parse this. It's gibberish to me.
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