-'e' focus marker neH only difference
qen QIn tlhegh pImDaq {-'e'} rIchlu'pu'. pa' jIlaDpu': SuStel:
All the -'e' does is add "(not someone/something else)" to the meaning of the noun. This is a simple morpheme indicating grammatical focus
De'vam vIlaDpu'DI', jISIvchoHpu'.. cha' mu'tlhegh veb vIqon: Duj'e' yIQaw' destroy the ship Duj neH yIQaw' destroy only the ship chay' pIm cha' mu'tlheghvam ? ~ Qa'yIn
On 10/5/2020 8:55 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
Duj'e' yIQaw' destroy the ship
Duj neH yIQaw' destroy only the ship
chay' pIm cha' mu'tlheghvam ?
*Duj'e' yIQaw'! */Destroy the SHIP (don't destroy something else instead of the ship)!/ *Duj neH yIQaw'! */Destroy only the ship (nothing else in addition to the ship)!/ -- SuStel http://trimboli.name
Duj’e’ neH yIQaw! Destroy the ship, the whole ship, and nothing but the ship! [It’s just a joke. I know that it’s closer in meaning to, “Destroy that particular ship and leave everything else alone!" charghwI’ vaghnerya’ngan rInpa’ bomnIS be’’a’ pI’.
On Oct 5, 2020, at 9:06 AM, SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:
On 10/5/2020 8:55 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
Duj'e' yIQaw' destroy the ship
Duj neH yIQaw' destroy only the ship
chay' pIm cha' mu'tlheghvam ? Duj'e' yIQaw'! Destroy the SHIP (don't destroy something else instead of the ship)!
Duj neH yIQaw'! Destroy only the ship (nothing else in addition to the ship)!
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