[tlhIngan Hol] The problem with pIqaD

[Lieven]

Am 06.07.2017 um 03:53 schrieb nIqolay Q:
> I would interpret the difference in meaning to be that {ghet} 
> is a much more specific word, implying that someone is intentionally 
> playing a specific role or behaving as if some counterfactual situation 
> were true. Whereas {Da} is much more broad, and while it can include 
> some of the concepts of {ghet}

Yes; Remember the phrase {nepwI' Daba'} "he behaves like a liar" (TKDA). 
This is certainly not intentional, and also not only pretending.

> Personally, I'm more curious about how {lIl} is different from {Da} and 
> {ghet}.

The verb lIl was released for the action of a magician. You know, 
magicians cannot do "real" magic, they do tricks. So they cannot say 
that are magicicians (or "sorcerer", if you prefer), but they do what 
magicians do.
When my 6 year old daughter moves like a magician she has seen before, 
I'd use {Da}. When I see actors playing a magician like Harry Potter, I 
suggest {ghet}, and a magician standing on stage does not only "pretend" 
to be a magician, he "impersonates" him. Yes, he may also {Da} a 
magician, but when on stage, it's his job to create the illusion of 
being a true magician, he does the job of a magician.

BTW, did you know there is a big flight simulator in the French city of 
Lille?


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Lieven L. Litaer
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