tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Apr 20 16:32:05 1997
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RE: KLBC: be'pu'; AMBIGUITY ALERT!!
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: be'pu'; AMBIGUITY ALERT!!
- Date: Sun, 20 Apr 97 23:12:07 UT
jatlh qoror:
> Message text written by DaQtIq
> >tlhIngan Holmo' Haw'chugh be', vIneHbe'bej!<
>
> qay'! "vI" -- mu'mey nuq DaHech: "be'" "tlhIngan Hol" ghap? "ghaH" "'oH"
> ghap?"
Well, when you take it out of context like this, yes, it's abiguous. But
DaQtIq was talking about not wanting women who won't accept you for speaking
Klingon.
Oh, by the way, you probably cannot say *{mu'mey nuq} for "which words."
{mu'mey nuq} means "what are the words?" You probably shouldn't even say
*{mu'mey nuq 'e' DaHech}, because that's a question-as-object (and no one has
yet been able to convince me of such a construction's validity).
Finally, {Hech} means "intend to." You don't "intend to a word."
Here's how I might do it:
mu'mey DaneHbogh nuq?
or
nuq bIH mu'mey'e' DaneHbogh?
--
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
Stardate 97303.1