[tlhIngan Hol] not repeating the 'e' of a sao

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mayqel qunen'oS <mihkoun at gmail.com> schrieb am Di., 4. Aug. 2020, 17:17:

> jIH:
> > We want to say: "the romulans helped the
> > enemy which the cardassians
> > hunted and captured". Would it be wrong
> > to write {jagh luwampu'bogh
> > 'ej lujonpu'bogh qarDaSngan luQaHpu'
> > romuluSngan} ? Is there someone
> > here who will say that this sentence is
> > wrong ?
> De'vID:
> > pabHa'be' 'ach "The Romulans helped the > Cardassians who hunted and
> captured
> > the enemy" 'oSlaw'.
>
> I'm afraid I can't understand this.
>
> We have the sentence {jagh luwampu'bogh 'ej lujonpu'bogh qarDaSngan
> luQaHpu' romuluSngan}.
>
> At this sentence, the {romuluSngan} is obviously plural as the {lu-} on
> the {luQaHpu'} indicates, and the {QaH} needs to have a singular object.
> Also, due to the {lu-} on each of the verbs of the {-bogh} clause, the
> {qarDaSngan} needs to be plural and the {jagh} singular.
>
> I think that the only meaning which could be produced by the above is "the
> romulans helped the enemy which the cardassians hunted and captured"
>
> Am I missing something here ?
>

bIlugh. HIvqa' veqlargh.

Qa'Hom'e' ghIjpu'bogh vIghro' choppu'bogh qovIj tlha'pu'bogh ngavyaw'
Soppu' targh.

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