[tlhIngan Hol] {-meH}ed nouns with {-chuq}
mayqel qunen'oS
mihkoun at gmail.com
Wed May 6 06:17:04 PDT 2020
tkd/maltz/okrand:
> {ja'chuqmeH rojHom neH jaghla'}
> "The enemy commander wishes a truce (in order) to confer."
I don't know whether this Ca'Non example can clarify the original
question of this thread.
Lets take things from the beginning..
{qeqmeH taj} = knife in order to train/training knife; the purpose of
this knife is to train with it.
{QongmeH Duj} = ship in order to sleep; unless you have your teddy
bear, pillow, and pajamas don't board this ship.
Now, back to the Ca'Non example..
The way I understand the {ja'chuqmeH rojHom neH jaghla'} is that it goes as:
(ja'chuqmeH) rojHom neH jaghla' = in order that some unstated parties
discuss with each other, the enemy commander wishes a truce. Perhaps,
this enemy commander is one of the parties involved, but what matters
is, that there could be an unstated subject of the {ja'chuqmeH}. So,
this sentence could actually be:
ja'chuqmeH (unstated parties), rojHom neH jaghla'.
The reason I understand this sentence this way, is that it sounds
weird to have {ja'chuqmeH rojHom} as in "confering truce". And even if
it doesn't, the problem still remains, that this Ca'Non example can be
interpreted either way.
So, (unfortunately), the original question of this thread still stands:
Could we say the following?
{nga'chuqmeH mIw bopbe' ruSchaj}
their relation isn't about sex
~ mayqel qunen'oS
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