On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 10:16:05AM +0100, Lieven wrote:
lIl is a verb meaning something like “simulate, impersonate.” The idea is one of doing something such that the subject of the verb looks or behaves like something (or someone) else or represents something (or someone) else. The word has no connotation of fraud or anything underhanded (in this respect, it’s like ghet). The object is the thing being simulated or the person being impersonated. lIlwI’ (“simulator,” for lack of a better term) is different from lIw (“substitute”) since lIw implies replacement (the notion of “instead of”) while a lIlwI’ doesn’t replace anyone or anything.
Can I infer from this that you would also use {lIl} to refer to dressing as someone or something for e.g. Halloween, i.e. {targh vIlIl} "I'm going as a targ"? Or would you need to say something like {targh jIH 'e' vIghet}? What about an actor in a play? Also, where is the boundary between {lIl} and {Da}? -SapIr