tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jun 03 16:46:32 1995
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Re: What's wrong with "which"?
Sat, 27 May 1995, ghItlh charghwI':
> According to R.B Franklin:
> > tay yuQmeyvam nuq? (Which of these planets is civilized?)
>
> This could be asking which portion of each planet is civilized,
> or which moon of the planets is civilized.
Your point is well taken. I can see how this could be ambiguous, so let
me try a different approach. What do you think of using {nuqDIch}?
If I were to ask {tay Hovtay'vam yuQ nuqDIch?} (Which planet of this
star system is civilized?), an acceptable response would be {yuQ wa'DIch},
{yuQ cha'DIch}, etc.
> > qama'pu'vam 'Iv wIHoH? (Which of these prisoners should we kill?)
>
> You could be asking whether we should kill these prisoners'
> brothers or their fathers.
Likewise {ghomvam qama' nuqDIch wIHoHqang?}
nuq DaQub?
> charghwI'
yoDtargh