[tlhIngan Hol] Because of the ... which it ...

De'vID de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com
Tue Dec 13 05:59:20 PST 2016


On 13 December 2016 at 11:54, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
> De'vID:
>> Why do you need both {-'e'} and {-mo'}? Why is {-mo'} by itself not sufficient?
>
> I didn't know that !
>
> So, if I correctly understand your point, if I write {bortaSmo'
> chIwbogh tIghvam} this would mean "because of the revenge this custom
> epitomizes", right ?

What else could it mean?

This is ambiguous:
{SuvwI' qIpbogh yaS} "the officer who hit the warrior" or "the warrior
who was hit by the officer"

Now look at the following:
{SuvwI'mo' qIpbogh yaS}
{SuvwI' qIpbogh yaSmo'}

Are these ambiguous?

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De'vID



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