tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 26 14:27:17 1998
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Re: It's a puzzelment
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: It's a puzzelment
- Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 17:27:10 -0500 (EST)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "Marc Paige" at Jan 26, 98 08:39:38 am
According to Marc Paige:
>
> mu'QujHom vIlo'. mu'tlhegh naQ vIghItlh:
>
> moQ Sopta'bogh jon targh.
The targ captured the ball which it had eaten.
Eeeeeeewwwwwww!
Sequence is important.
> pagh
> moQ jon targh. moQ Sop targh.
maj.
> pagh
> targhvaD moQ vIchuHbogh jon 'ej Sopta' targh'e'
> (lughlaw' mu'tlegh Qav)
Just a couple style points. First, as it was pointed out in my
jatmey story (a stylistic error I did there), it is better to
place {targh} between {jon} and {'ej} than at the end. Second,
{targh} does not need {-'e'} here unless you are trying to make
some emphatic statement about the targ.
Lastly, {'ej} does not necessarily imply sequence. If I yell
{chotIch 'ej choquvHa'moH!} it does not imply that the insult
preceeded the dishonor. Likely they both happened
simultaneously.
> QatlhchoH pab. qar'a'
ghobe'. ngeDchoH pab. yIqeq!
> SI'IluD
> wa'Hu' jIboghbe'
charghwI'