[tlhIngan Hol] using {Doch} for non-physical things

[SuStel]

On 1/24/2020 11:23 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
> SuStel:
> > muberghmoHchu' Doch lulo'qu'bogh
> > ghot. Doch Daqelbogh tIngu'!
>
> Often, I want to say something like "this doesn't concern this 
> matter", or "because of that which we discussed previously".
>
> I know that to express "matter", we have the noun {Soj}, but it 
> *feels* too informal.

*Soj* is not slang, it's just idiomatic. It's probably only as informal 
as saying /on the other hand/ or /beating a dead horse./


> Of course, {Doch} doesn't sound too "formal" either, but for some 
> reason I can't identify, it just *feels* better.

Abusing the word/thing/ is something English teachers try to beat out of 
students, for good reason.// I would do the same for *Doch.*

My wife calls half the objects in our house "the thing," and it drives 
me crazy.

-- 
SuStel
http://trimboli.name

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.kli.org/pipermail/tlhingan-hol-kli.org/attachments/20200124/79ed0d92/attachment-0015.htm>