tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 08 21:57:46 1997
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Re: KLBC: nuqDaq QuvwIj Datu'pu'
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: nuqDaq QuvwIj Datu'pu'
- Date: Sat, 9 Aug 97 04:52:28 UT
On Stardate 97601.8 muHwI' wrote:
> I got some mail from somebody I do not know.
> nuvvo' vISovbe' jabbI'ID vIHevpu'.
"Somebody [whom] I do not know" is a relative clause in Klingon. {vay'
vISovbe'bogh}.
vay' vISovbe'bogh jabbI'ID vIHevpu'.
> Now I want to ask him where he got my address from.
> nuqDaq QuvwIj Datu'pu'? 'e' DaH vItlhob vIneH
{tlhob} is a verb of saying, and as such, does not use {'e'} (TKD 6.2.5).
<nuqDaq QuvwIj Datu'?> DaH vItlhob vIneH.
I don't know . . . I don't really see {-pu'} on {tu'} here as very useful.
> I'll use {Quv} for address:
>
> nuqDaq QuvwIj Datu'pu' ?
>
> Is that correct?
> lugh'a'? or qar'a'? (?)
Either one is probably okay.
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SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
Stardate 97604.9