tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jan 22 09:30:39 1998
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Re: Nature phenomenon
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Nature phenomenon
- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 08:54:42 -0500
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From: Qov <[email protected]>
To: Multiple recipients of list <[email protected]>
Date: Tuesday, January 20, 1998 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: Nature phenomenon
>The long answer is the thread of arguments and conflicting advice that this
>post will engender.
If you insist. I find it hard to believe (though not impossible) that
Klingon would have verbs which *cannot* have any logical subject. Qov's
suggestion that {SIS} and {peD} and so forth use the indefinite subject
suffix {-lu'} advocates this idea.
I think we just have to find out what the proper subject for these verbs is.
Perhaps it is {muD} "atmosphere." Since we do know that {muD Dotlh}
"atmosphere's status" is the correct phrase to use when asking about the
weather (see HolQeD 2:4), it would be logical to say exactly what the
atmosphere is doing in response to this question.
tlhIngan wa': HurDaq muD Dotlh nuq?
("What's the weather like outside?")
tlhIngan cha': SIStaH. (or, {SIStaH muD})
("It's raining.")
SuStel
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