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Re: nujDaq qam lanpu' vay'



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> 
> >From: Peter Garza <[email protected]>
> >Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1993 19:17:00 -0600 (CST)
> 
> >> >From: Peter Garza <[email protected]>
> >> >Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1993 22:53:57 -0600 (CST)
> 
> >> 
> >> >   tlhIngan Hol jatlhbogh loDvaD bIja'taH vIja'ta'.  'IjtaH Holvam
> >> >vIjatlh 'e' Sovbogh juppu'wIj wa' je 'ej Haghqu'choH ghaH.
> >> 
> >> "juppu'wI'"; they're sentient (I hope!).  Do you mean "one of my friends
> >> who know I speak Klingon"?  Then the "wa'" comes *first*.  When numbers
[...]
> 
> >yup, my friends can speak (just not Klingon ;). jIghItlhHa'pu'.
> 
> >In TKD 5.2, Okrand writes, "Numbers are used as nouns."  I tried to use the
> >N-N rule.  Maybe something like juppu'wI'vo' wa' (one from my friends).
> 
[...]
> pragmatics to fall back on.  I'm not sure I trust that use of "-vo'",
> though.  Partitive use ("some from many") often isn't the same as ablative
> (motion away from).  It's possible there's no good way to say this without

I wasn't too sure about that either.  "-vo'" was just the closest thing I
could find.  I really doubt it's correct.

> recasting with a verb and all, but I wouldn't sweat it.  There's always
> just {jupwI'}.

True.

> are pronouns?  They're all chuvmey, and as such could have grammar that's
> peculiar almost to each individual member.  Okrand also says that "'e'" is

Oh, I see.  I can see the ambiguity, since they are chuvmey.  va, tlhIngan
neHlu'DI' nuqDaq ghaHtaH?

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> 
> >> ~mark
> 
> >Peter Garza
> >[email protected]
> 
> 
> ~mark
> 
> 

Peter Garza
[email protected]



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