[tlhIngan Hol] Proper use of adverbial {je}

mayqel qunenoS mihkoun at gmail.com
Tue Aug 15 08:48:58 PDT 2017


De'vID:
> What do you mean by "wrong"? It's grammatically correct. It
> just doesn't mean what you want it to mean.

So, the {Su'IH. 'ej Suwoch je} is grammatically correct, but the {je} can't
be used in this way to say "you are beautiful, and you (the same group) are
also tall", without a reference/comparison being made to another group,
which is also tall. Right ?

qunnoq


On 15 Aug 2017 6:22 pm, "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com> wrote:

On 15 August 2017 at 17:10, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
> So, all this means that the following use of {je}:
>
> {Su'IH. 'ej Suwoch je}
> You are beautiful. And you are also tall.
>
> is wrong ?

What do you mean by "wrong"? It's grammatically correct. It just
doesn't mean what you want it to mean.

Here's a context in which that sentence makes sense.
To group A: {SumoH 'ej Suwoch} "Y'all are ugly. Y'all are tall."
To group B: {Su'IH 'ej Suwoch je} "Y'all are beautiful. Y'all are tall
too." That is, "Y'all (in addition to people in group A) are tall".

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De'vID
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