tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jul 17 21:26:14 1997
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Re: What does "..." mean?
- From: "Neal Schermerhorn" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: What does "..." mean?
- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 97 04:27:58 UT
ghItlh Qeygh:
>Perhaps something like "*xyz* vIyaj chay' 'e' DaHech?" or "*xyz* vIyaj
>chay' net Hech?" would be better.
>The intent here is "How do you intend that I understand *xyz*?" or "How am
>I meant to understand *xyz*?" -- I don't claim to be fluent, so I may have
>botched this pretty badly.
ghobe' - maj! You said exactly what you intended to say, even though it feels
uncomfortable to me. The grammar is fine!
Another approach is to use apposition.
tlhIngan HolvaD mu' *xyz* vIjatlh vIneHchugh, nuq vIjatlh?
If I want to say the word xyz in Klingon, what do I say?
Or even more simply -
chay' tlhIngan HolvaD mu' *xyz* vIjatlh?
How do I say the word xyz in Klingon?
Notice that the mu' *xyz* is understood to not be possesion trhu context - it
simply would not make sense.
Qermaq