tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Apr 01 15:40:57 2004
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Re: "also" with noun
From: "d'Armond Speers, Ph.D." <[email protected]>
> SuStel wrote:
>
> > TKD p. 54:
> > The noun conjunction je has an additional function: when it
> > follows a verb, it means also, too.
> >
> > This use of /je/ meets the "me too" usage that everybody's thinking of
> > (though it's not identical to it). (There's nothing in TKD to
> > suggest that /jIH je/ is a legal construction.)
>
> Hmm. How would you view:
>
> tej ghaH loDnI'wI''e'. tej jIH je.
/jIH/ is acting as a verb here, so /je/ is in the "also" mode.
Okay, I'll revise my statement. There's nothing in TKD to suggest that
/verb jIH je/ is a legal sentence.
I frequently see people say /jIH je/, and it's obvious they're translating
"me too." I think from a strict point of view, /jIH je/ doesn't work like
that. They should use /verb je jIH/.
jIHoS.
jIHoS je jIH
(not) jIH je
(not) jIHoS jIH je
I'm not saying that Klingons don't use the /(verb) jIH je/ construction, I'm
just saying there's no evidence that they do, or that it's considered
grammatical.
SuStel
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