tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jul 16 07:52:11 1998
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Re: Fwd: Re: QoghIj qaD
- From: "Qermaq" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: QoghIj qaD
- Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 10:55:54 -0400
ghItlh charghwI':
>The problem is not with the word {nuq}. It is with the meaning
>of having a question acting as the object of {neH}, or any other
>verb. Okrand said it doesn't work and I agree with him.
The argument here is that perhaps <neH> is a special case. Perhaps it acts
with the verb. Perhaps it doesn't - I am willing to forget it. But how do we
say it? The QAO seemed so concise...
What do you need to eat? nuq DaSopnIS
What are you willing to eat? nuq DaSopqang
What do you want to eat? Now I guess we have to recast. Hmmm... <vay' DaSop
DaneHchugh vaj HIja'!> Still doesn't make the answer the thing the addressee
wants to eat... grrrrrrrrr...
>I honestly believe you are mistranslating gibberish into a
>sensible English sentence because that which you wish to say is
>simple to say in English, even though it violates Klingon
>grammer to do so.
I just want to re-state - The context of my use of <nuq vIje' vIneH> was
like a quiz show question. (*Britian*ngan jIHbe' 'ej jI*yID*be'.) (Remember,
folks, ** means don't bother lookin' it up.) But at first glance (and indeed
at numerous subsequent glances) it looked fine. I also challenged listers
to come up with alternatives. I have seen none. Surely there is some way to
ask another Klingon what they want to eat?
Qermaq