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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Looking and Seeing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Apr 21 09:50:28 2014
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 13:50:13 +0000
In-Reply-To: <000c01cf5bdf$c058e680$410ab380$@flyingstart.ca>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@kli.org
gheyIl:
>> In English, we sometimes emphasize the perfective aspect of
>> perception with semantic games: "You're looking at it, but
>> you don't see it," or, "You saw it, but you didn't look at it."
>> <<<
>> To my mind, "see" is viewing with comprehension, while "look"
>> does not imply any recognition (although it may be present).
>> As far as I know, we only have {legh} and perhaps {tu'}=A0to work
>> with ... {nej} and {Sam} have different meanings entirely.
>>
>> bIlegh 'ach bIyajchu'be'
=A0
Qov:
> There's also bej, but yes there are some gaps there for glancing
> at things. In nuq bop bom I found myself saying things like:
>
> qaStaHvIS lup tlhaq bej.
> mangghom bej ghIq bejbe'choH.
> nom nuH legh.
> poS mInDu'Daj 'ach leghbe'law'.
DloraH used *(leghqu'} for "stare" in Gilgamesh.
A verb for intensive or careful looking: {nuD} "examine":
nItlhejbogh petaQmey tInuD =
Look at these p'takhs at your side (PB)
{HaD} "study" would also work in some contexts:
yIHaDqu'
Study him well! (TKD)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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