[tlhIngan Hol] law' puS with the -taHvIS and type-9 clauses preceding each element

[Will Martin]

Vampires are not dead. They are undead. ‘Iw tlhutlhnISbogh HeghHa’wI’pu’ chaH.

And, it’s not altogether certain that they need to breathe. I mean, what would happen if they couldn’t breathe? Would they die? If killing them were that easy, why bother with sunlight, or a stake to the heart? Just gas the suckers.

Have you ever seen a vampire movie where the solution was to gas them?

charghwI’ vaghnerya’ngan

rInpa’ bomnIS be’’a’ pI’.

> On Feb 10, 2021, at 11:03 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:
> 
> Agreed.  I was recasting the idea, not the specific grammar.  It’s not like you can breathe while being dead (except for vampires).
>  
> Voragh
>  
> From: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol-bounces at lists.kli.org <mailto:tlhingan-hol-bounces at lists.kli.org>> On Behalf Of De'vID
> 
> On Tue, 9 Feb 2021 at 18:59, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu <mailto:sboozer at uchicago.edu>> wrote:
> So to re-cast your first example, I would see nothing wrong with:
>   Suvlu'taHvIS batlh potlh law' yIn potlh puS       [or]
>   Suvlu'taHvIS batlh potlh law' tlhuH potlh puS
> 
>  
> But neither of these express "breath(ing) while living". 
>  
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