tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Mar 17 07:39:54 2003

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Re: KLBC sentences 3/13/03

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• Subject: Re: KLBC sentences 3/13/03
• Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 08:49:20 -0500 (EST)
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> The answer to such a question should be the command, the order:
>    {'enterpray' yIQaw'}
> 
> So I'd rephrase the whole thing like we do with indirect speech:
>    {mura' ra'wI'wI': 'enterpray' yIQaw'}
> "my commander commands me: destroy the enterprise"
> 
>    {'enterpray' yIQaw'; mura' ra'wI'wI'}
> "destroy the enterprise, my commander orders me."

The yI- prefix suggests a quote here and so would require a speaking verb; 
jatlh or ja'.


DloraH

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