[tlhIngan Hol] thoughts on lIn and bon

[Felix Malmenbeck]

> The translation of the construction B¬vaD C {bon} A is rather strange. Example:
>
> lIrDajvaD qagh bon SuvwI'
> the warrior shares with the qagh for his owl
>
> I can't understand this. I can understand the {lIrDaj bon SuvwI'} "the warrior shares with his owl" (something unspecified), but the {lIrDajvaD qagh bon SuvwI'} is rather strange. Unless of course it's one of those "because matlh says so" times..

I think the main thing to remember is not to interpret glosses too strictly; glosses are there to help you get the basic gist of a word, rather than to be an exhaustive detailing of how it works; for that, you need to look at examples of correct usage … and fortunately, we have quite a lot of that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJUWLHcQUZU

The translation “share with” is just there to help you remember that this is the kind of sharing where there is an asymmetric relationship between the person who shares and the person who is shared with, rather than the more mutual sharing of {lIn}.

//loghaD

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Subject: [tlhIngan Hol] thoughts on lIn and bon

During the qepHom of 2016 we were told..

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When A and B share something with each other (share some {gagh}, say), the verb to use is {lIn} ("share") and the construction is {C lulIn A B je} (or {C lIn A B je} if C is plural, and, again, with appropriate verb prefixes). In this case, the speaker is noncommittal about whether A or B is the one who decided to do the sharing with the other.
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Is this the only way we can use {lIn}? Suppose I write:

lIrDajvaD qagh lIn SuvwI'
the warrior shares the qagh with his owl

Would it be acceptable ?

Moving on.. There's something which seems strange with the {bon}. According to matlh:

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When A shares something (C) with B, the verb to use is {bon} ("share with") and the construction is B­vaD C {bon} A (with appropriate verb prefixes depending on what A and C are). In this case, C belongs to or is controlled by A and A chooses to share it with B.
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The translation of the construction B­vaD C {bon} A is rather strange. Example:

lIrDajvaD qagh bon SuvwI'
the warrior shares with the qagh for his owl

I can't understand this. I can understand the {lIrDaj bon SuvwI'} "the warrior shares with his owl" (something unspecified), but the {lIrDajvaD qagh bon SuvwI'} is rather strange. Unless of course it's one of those "because matlh says so" times..

Dana'an
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