tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Nov 07 20:59:23 1997
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Re: plans
David Trimboli wrote:
>
> [email protected] on behalf of David Crowell wrote:
> [other examples cut]
> > Huch nge'bogh ghot Sovbe' Human 'ach Huch nge' 'Iv 'e' Sov Human.
> > Paris doesn't know the one who took the money but Paris knows who took
> > the money.
>
> Is there a difference in *meaning* between these two sentences? I cannot
> detect any, beyond the possible number of theives in each one.
>
> It looks to me like in the second part in English, "Paris knows who took the
> money," "who" is a shortened version of "the person who." I don't think this
> is a question as object sentence, even in English. It's not "Paris knows (who
> took the money)," it's "Paris knows [the person (who took the money)]."
>
> SuStel
> Stardate 97849.6
There is a difference.
Fact one: either Rom or Nog took the money.
Fact two: Paris has never been on the station before, so he doesn't know
anyone there.
Fact three: He saw the money being taken.
One person took the money: Rom or Nog. Rom is an adult, Nog is a kid.
Paris can either say the grown-up or the kid took the money, but he
couldn't name the person who took the money.