tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 29 20:48:26 1996
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Re: lut tlhaQ: nuq qab law' Dochvam qab puS?
- From: Will Martin <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: lut tlhaQ: nuq qab law' Dochvam qab puS?
- Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 16:06:51 -0500
At 03:49 AM 2/29/96 -0800, you wrote:
>meghlIjDaq yIH Datu' nuq qab law' 'e' qab puS?
>
>meghlIjDaq yIH bID Datu' 'e' qab law' Dochvetlh qab puS.
I love the joke, but hate the grammar. In the first place, we don't know how
to make a comparative question, since it combines the syntax of a question
(which is a normal Klingon sentence) with a comparative (which is not
remotely like a normal Klingon sentence). We can't even be sure what the
word order would be. If we try it, we need to go for the simplest
combination we can, so:
meghlIjDaq yIH tu'lu'chugh qabba' ghu'. nuq qab law' ghu'vam qab puS?
meghlIjDaq yIH bID tu'lu'chugh qabqu'bej ghu'.
yIHmey vItIvqu'... qa'vInwIj tujqu'Daq
>SuHaghchugh vaj SuHegh
taywIj 'oH 'ej jIHagh jIneHchugh...
>Alex.
charghwI'