tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Nov 15 19:25:38 1995
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Re: Angry Klingon reply... <grin>
On Wed, 15 Nov 1995, Jarno Peschier wrote:
> At 06:57 15-11-95 -0800, you wrote:
> >STOP IT GOD DAMN IT. I'VE ASKED YOU NINE THOUSAND TIMES TO UNSUBSCRIBE ME
> >NOW WOULD YOU FUCKING DO IT BEFORE I DRIVE OUT TO FUCKING FLORIDA AND THROW
> >YOUR SERVER INTO THE ATLANTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> nuq vIlaDtaH jay'?
> bIghItlh SIbI' 'e' yImev, Qovpatlh Dogh.
> HutSanIDlogh bIQaghba'pu'...
(jIHagh)
> And a question on the side: is the second sentence correct?
> Or should {SIbI'} and {'e'} be reversed?
>
> As far as I understand now, {'e'} references back to the whole sentence
> {bIghitlh} in the sentence {SIbI' 'e' yImev [name calling]} that follows.
> Here {'e'} is the object and {SIbI'} is an adverbial that, as TKD says,
> should be at the beginning of the sentence.
> Am I right? (I'm still just a beginnner...)
Your placement of the adverbial {SIbI'} is correct.
> Jarno Peschier, [email protected], 2:2802/245.1@Fido
yoDtargh