[tlhIngan Hol] Expressing "painted with his blood"

[Jeffrey Clark]

X-meH Y lo’ is the method I’ve always leaned towards: “for the purpose of drawing a map, the captain used his blood.”

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> On Apr 24, 2019, at 11:17, mayqel qunen'oS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> When the the verb DIj "paint with a pigment stick" was explained, we learned that it can be used for producing a visual image, even if no paint or pigment stick is involved, for example with a pencil, or with a device or computer software.
> 
> Assume we want to say: "while the injured commander was dying, he drew on the ground with his blood, the location of enemy ship". How would we write it ?
> 
> Would the following be correct ?
> 
> {jagh Duj Daq cha'meH la', yav DIjta'; DIjmeH 'IwDaj lo'ta'}
> "the commander, in order to show the location of the enemy ship, painted the ground; in order to paint he used his blood"
> 
> Now, because I *know* someone is itching to say "you don't paint the location of the enemy ship"..
> 
> This is an example used to ask, how we actually specify, "the what is being used to draw something".
> 
> So, there is no actual need for someone trying to be smart, saying crap like "the commander would just say the location instead of painting it".
> 
> ~ m. qunen'oS
> ironic.. trying to appear smart, yet proving to be the idiot..
> 
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