tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 17 11:31:32 1996
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RE: Dr. Okarnd Speaks -- lengthy
- From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
- Subject: RE: Dr. Okarnd Speaks -- lengthy
- Date: Tue, 17 Dec 96 13:25:43 EST
ja' SuStel:
[regarding {... 'e' vIQub}]
>> The thing that troubles me is that he didn't go on to say anything
>> about how to express "I think that..." using the verb suffix {-law'}.
>Sure he did! In the definition of {-law'} in section 4, and on Power Klingon
>(nughochlaw' Dujvetlh}.
I know it's detailed in TKD and elsewhere. I was referring to his
response on MSN, which seemed to strongly approve of the use of the
phrase {... 'e' vIQub} for this meaning:
>...The correct way to say "Do you think that...?" is ... 'e' DaQub'a'?
Thinking more closely about this, I see that using {-law'} in this
kind of question actually would be a little strange. It's supposed to
indicate uncertainty on the part of the speaker, not on the part of
the one being spoken to. In this case, {... 'e' DaQub'a'?} doesn't
"offend my sensibilites" at all. :-)
-- ghunchu'wI'