[tlhIngan Hol] And if I saw maltz today..

[De'vID]

On Wed, 8 May 2019 at 09:05, mayqel qunen'oS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:

> jIH:
> > ghaHvaD, wa' HIvje' qa'vIn vIje', 'ej ghIq ghaHvaD jIjatlh, qatlho'..
> De'vID:
> > I think you mean {vInob} or {vIDIl} and not {vIje'}, which sounds like
> you fed it to him.
>
> I used {je'} because one of its meanings is "buy, purchase". Do I
> understand {je'} wrongly ?
>

No, it's fine. It's just that {je'} has another meaning of "feed", though
the usual object in that meaning is the person, animal, or spirit you're
feeding.

I would still recommend {nob} to make it very clear that you actually gave
him the coffee, not that you're just buying it for his benefit.

-- 
De'vID
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