tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu May 28 04:40:38 2009
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Re: nuq bach?
- From: Rohan F <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: nuq bach?
- Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 21:38:23 +1000
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ghItlhpu' qa'vaj, jatlh:
>The entity that the shooter is intending to hit when he shoots seems like a
>natural {-vaD} to me. But, I don't have any problem erasing that notion
>once I reach the point of being convinced (which is not yet).
There's an example in "The Undiscovered Country" that might convince you:
Qo'noS wa'Daq baHta'
"They fired [intentionally] upon Kronos One." (ST:VI)
>From this sentence alone, one might think it just means that the shooter (in
this case, the Enterprise) was firing *towards* Kronos One, but we know
from the film that the Enterprise did in fact hit Kronos One (or, at least,
it appeared to). Since {baH} is like {bach} in that the direct object is the
thing shot or fired (see KGT, where {baH} is glossed as "fire (a torpedo)"),
the indirect object of {bach} should also probably be marked with {-Daq},
and that's what turns up on S14:
...ray' HopDaq bachlu'meH chuqna' ghurmoH naQvam
"This [stock] serves to ... increase the effective range for distance
targeting." (S14)
QeS 'utlh
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