tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Apr 25 09:07:59 2004
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Re: a little bit pregnant?
- From: "De'vID jonwI'" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: a little bit pregnant?
- Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 12:07:19 -0400
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SuStel:
> chay' jIjatlhlaH "It's a liquid metal"?
> "It's a liquid metal" chay' jIjatlhlaH?
>
>The quotation is not the object of /jatlh/.
>
>Even in English quotations are set apart (though not in the same way as in
>Klingon):
>
> How can I say, "It's a liquid metal"?
Can <-laH> be used in this way? It seems that the question is
really intended to ask "How *do* I say...?" rather than "How
am I *able* to say...?". The way "can" is used in everyday speech
in English is a bit sloppy.
--
De'vID
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