[tlhIngan Hol] The Catoctopus

[mayqel qunenoS]

ghunchu'wI':
> I think you've latched onto {veb} as a way to keep your
> unusual stylistic habit of putting a statement before its context.

Yes, you're right ! I hadn't realized I had been doing that ! Thank
you very much for correcting me.

I won't repeat the same mistake !

qunnoq



On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 8:37 PM, Alan Anderson <qunchuy at alcaco.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 12:33 PM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Ha'DIbaH veb vIghaj reH vIneH:
>
> On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 2:25 AM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
>> bIlugh ! mu'tlheghlIj mu'tlheghwIj je DInuDchugh vaj ngoD veb DItlhojbej :
>
> You seem to have become fond of the verb {veb} "be next (in a series,
> sequence)". I don't think it means what you want it to.
>
> The first example says "I always want to have a subsequent animal." It
> is talking about the next animal in a sequence of animals, but you're
> obviously trying to refer to an animal you are going to describe in
> the next sentence. Though the intent is clear, the actual words don't
> quite get there. Before I got to the rest of the note, I was ready to
> find out what new animal you wanted to have in order to replace the
> previous one that you had.
>
> Similarly, the second example says {ngoD veb}, which made me wonder
> what prior fact was being implied and what new fact was being implied
> by the sequence.
>
> I think you've latched onto {veb} as a way to keep your unusual
> stylistic habit of putting a statement before its context. It isn't
> interfering much with the meaning, because you do explain everything
> quickly, and the misuse of the word can be recognized easily, but you
> should know that you're doing it and you should try to find a way to
> stop.
>
> -- ghunchu'wI'
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