tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Oct 01 14:01:51 1996
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Re: tlhIngan Hol chu' ghojwI'. jIH ghaj pung.
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: tlhIngan Hol chu' ghojwI'. jIH ghaj pung.
- Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 16:40:46 -0400 ()
- Priority: NORMAL
On Sat, 28 Sep 1996 09:08:44 -0700 HoD trI'Qal <[email protected]> wrote:
> At 11:37 AM 9/3/96 -0700, Donald E. Vick wrote:
...
> >> M: What's your problem?
> >> M: nuq qay'lIj?
> > <qay'lIj> is gibberish. You have a noun suffix on a verb. Perhaps <nuq
> >qay'wI'lIj> or even simpler, <Duqay' nuq>, "What troubles you?" Recasting,
> >see?
As the BG pointed out, you correctly identified an error, then proceeded
to offer yet another error in its place. tQ replied well, but this
reminds me of my own favorite casting for this. Instead of {DunuQ nuq?} I
tend to get more to the point and ask:
bIqay''a'?
This is best asked with weapon drawn. The correct answer is:
ghobe', qaH.
> --tQ
charghwI'