tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Aug 03 09:55:34 1996
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Re: An offer you shouldn't refuse!
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- Subject: Re: An offer you shouldn't refuse!
- Date: Sat, 3 Aug 1996 12:57:03 -0400
qaSDI' 96-08-03 11:31:49 EDT, jatlh Kenneth Traft:
> I believe the canonical example (or partial example) from Converstional
> Klingon would seem to lend the concept credence:
> > Glen's reason for using <-Daq> comes from the reference in Conversation
> > Klingon when they referenced to Kahless's spirit within you (I don't
have
> > the exact quote sorry), The phrase "within you" was translated <SoHDaq>.
> > Glen does not think they were refering to a physical space in this
instance.
SoHDaq qeylIS qa' yInjaj.
I don't see any reason why this couldn't be interpreted as a spacial
location. Here I am, and Kahless' spirit is inside me. I think the *whole
concept* may be non-spacial, but that the use of {-Daq} is spacial, if used
in a slightly poetic way. Besides, this is one of those sayings which follow
"special grammatical rules," and is therefore already irregular.
What exactly does Glen think {-Daq} refers to in this sentence?
SuStel
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