tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Aug 24 15:58:46 1996
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Re: KLBC: Order of nouns about 'oH, etc
- From: [email protected] (HoD trI'Qal)
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Order of nouns about 'oH, etc
- Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 19:00:12 -0400
At 02:55 PM 8/21/96 -0700, dpNoll wrote:
>
>I write:
>>> Isn't it a little better to answer a question about one noun
>>> by emphasizing a -new- noun?
>
>>"What's your name?"
>>
>>"My name? You want to know my name? I'll tell you my name. My name is
>>Corey."
>>
>>That's essentially what I mean. This would be {*Corey* 'oH pongwIj'e'}.
>
>But that would be saying "My name, not my parrot, not my spam, is Corey".
>Apologies for the silly example. To emphasize the actual name, which is
>really what the other person wants to know, you'd put the {-'e'} on that..
>{pongwIj'e' 'oH *Corey*'e'}
>
>Maybe some people aren't used to this, as the word order is then the same
>as in English...
I've seen this, and used it. It is grammatically correct, and perhaps a bit
"archaic" sounding in English... but it IS correct.
Honestly, I don't see why it would be incorrect in Klingon, either. We
really have no strictures one way or the other on what goes with the -'e'
(that I know of) in this structure.
I know this has been bantered around quite a bit these last few days, and I
really do apologize for being "absent". I had an RL comitment Thursday
night, and only just now got all the mail read, so Expect a number of posts
from my tonight. :)
--tQ
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