tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Oct 11 08:06:20 1996
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Re: KLBC: Motto
- From: Marc Ruehlaender <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Motto
- Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 10:06:19 CDT
- In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 07 Oct 1996 10:11:19 PDT." <[email protected]>
In message <[email protected]> [email protected] writes:
> We came, We saw, We conqured!
>
> mapawta' maleghta' macharghta'
>
I haven't seen any grammarian's response to that so far.
Maybe I missed it. Anyway, I'd like to ask some questions
regarding the interpretation of this.
i) I assume that the Klingon rendering implies - as the
English - that the actions occur in sequence. Now does
the {-ta'} there mean, that the first action was completed
before the next _began_ or just before the next one was
_completed_? (as opposed to e.g. {mapawta' 'ej maleghta'
'ej macharghta'})
ii) can one _intentionally_ "see" s.th.? i.e. does {legh}
encompass meanings like "observe" or "watch"?
HomDoq