[Tlhingan-hol] KLBC: verb-verb SAO

mayql qunenoS mihkoun at gmail.com
Tue Feb 2 08:12:50 PST 2016


Qov :

> jIghelbe'choH = I change to not asking, I transition from asking to not asking.
> jIghelbe'choHlaH = I can transition from asking to not asking OR I begin to be able to not ask
> jIghelbe'choHlaHbe' = I am not able to transition to not asking.  OR I become unable to not ask.

this is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING !!!! thank you so much !!!!

also, thank you very much 'arHa' too and everyone else, who took the
time to answer.

cpt qunnoq

On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 2:37 AM, Rohan Fenwick <qeslagh at hotmail.com> wrote:
> ghItlhpu' 'arHa, jatlh:
>> Phrases like "I like eating" are made with gerunds -- "eat"
>> has been turned into a noun with the -ing ending.
>
> jang SuStel, jatlh:
>> This isn't correct. "Eating" in "I am eating" is a (present) participle,
>> not a gerund. A gerund would be the "eating" in "Eating is fun." A
>> gerund functions a noun; a participle augments a verb.
>
> 'arHa QIn DalaDHa'pu'. yIlaDqa'. You're absolutely correct in that "I am
> eating" uses a participle, not a gerund, but that was not the example 'arHa
> used. What he said was "I like eating", which does use a gerund.
>
> QeS 'utlh
>
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