On 5/8/2019 3:16 AM, Lieven L. Litaer wrote:
Am 08.05.2019 um 09:05 schrieb mayqel qunen'oS:
jIH:
ghaHvaD, wa' HIvje' qa'vIn vIje', 'ej ghIq ghaHvaD jIjatlh, qatlho'.. De'vID: I think you mean {vInob} or {vIDIl} and not {vIje'}, which sounds like you fed it to him.
I used {je'} because one of its meanings is "buy, purchase". Do I understand {je'} wrongly ? hahahaha! This is a very good example of context.
De'vID's suggestions are fine to avoid ambiguity, but grammatically it's okay, and depending on context it should be clear that you buy it for him, not that you feed him.
Standing alone, it can really mean both.
Is there really all that much difference between buying him a cup of coffee and feeding him a cup of coffee? The very source of the ambiguity also makes the ambiguity not matter all that much. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name