tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Oct 06 06:19:28 1996
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Re: choHghoS
- From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
- Subject: Re: choHghoS
- Date: Sun, 6 Oct 1996 08:22:09 -0500
ghItlh SuStel:
>Better, sure. But what would have been appropriate would be {HItlhej}.
"Accompany me." "Join me." "Be with me." *Maybe* "Come with me."
I'm not so sure this is an appropriate phrasing for the context.
> Sisko isn't trying to tell them to approach him. He's trying to tell them
>to follow him.
{HItlha'} "Chase me." "Follow me."
Closer, but I don't like the way it implies the "chase" idea.
>My guess is that the powers-that-goof at Paramount were
>trying to have him say, "Come!"
{Ha'} "Let's go!" "Come on!" Isn't this what {Ha'} is for? :-)
>They actually did an impressive job, in
>realizing that a verb prefix was needed. Unfortunately, {ghoS} isn't the
>word they wanted, and they got the prefix wrong.
They got it doubly wrong. {cho-} isn't imperative, and it applies to a
*single* recipient. {tu-} would have been marginally better, and perhaps
I could rationalize it as a prompt to follow a step in a prearranged plan.
-- ghunchu'wI'