tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Oct 12 13:24:09 1996
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Re: {-qa'} (was Re: DI'vI' Hol)
- From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
- Subject: Re: {-qa'} (was Re: DI'vI' Hol)
- Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 14:00:20 -0500
>> HIvqa' veqlargh. TKD indeed makes this pronouncement.
ghItlh SuStel:
>Haa haa haa hee hee ho ho haaa!!! (Imagine a huge Klingon belly-laugh here.)
>
>Of course!!! There's an example of what is probably a
>non-change-of-state-of-affairs: {HIvqa' veqlargh}! (And I bet you didn't
>even realize that when you wrote it! :)
You're too clever for me. I was trying to set you up for an ambush,
but you saw right through it. :-)
>Actually, I've mentioned this problem once before: could it possibly mean
>that the Fek'lhr has "resumed" attacking again? It's possible. Otherwise, I
>can see two possibilities here: (1) Okrand, using his dictionary or his notes
>(you *know* he does this), sees that {-qa'} means "again," and makes the same
>mistake that everyone else has; or (2) Okrand really intended the "do again"
>meaning. (I guess I just don't want to give up on this. :)
My guess would be that the "repeat" meaning really is included in {-qa'}.
Even if it wasn't part of Okrand's original intent when he documented the
language, it has been used that way many times by everyone (including the
language's creator) without complaint and with good comprehension.
-- ghunchu'wI'