tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jan 28 14:17:32 2004
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Re: taghwI' jIH
From: "chepqu'" <[email protected]>
> The {-'e'} sufix is what I suspected was missing on the proverb, but as
I'm
> still a beginner, I cannot be completely sure on those things. So I ask as
> if I'm a complete ignorant in order to get a full explanation.
Hov ghajbe'bogh ram rur pegh ghajbe'bogh jaj.
Just to be clear: the proverb is not in error. Using {-'e'} to disambiguate
the subject and the object of a relative clause is optional, not required.
In this case it's a proverb whose meaning is established, so no Klingon is
going to complain about a lack of disambiguation.
Sometimes the ambiguity is a good thing. I created my own version of "The
Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly." The title was {yIH ghupbogh be' qan}, either
"The Old Woman who Swallowed a Tribble," or "The Tribble which the Old Woman
Swallowed." It doesn't matter which.
SuStel
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