tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Apr 05 13:29:52 1994
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Re: KLBC: jIbuDlaHbe'bej
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- Subject: Re: KLBC: jIbuDlaHbe'bej
- Date: Wed, 06 Apr 94 01:25:48 EDT
>majQa'!
><Do'val> vIparHa', 'ach vay' Hech <Do'val> DaneHpu''a'?
>cha' wotmeyvo' chenmo' <Do'val>, pagh Hechlaw'.
>'ach vay' HechnISqu'be' pong.
>pagh Hech je <trI'Qal>.
><Do'val> qapongnIS 'e' vIqaw 'e' vInID.
[...]
>Great!
>I like the name "Do'val," but did you want it to mean something?
>It doesn't seem to mean anything, as it is made of two verbs.
>But a name doesn't have to have a meaning.
>"trI'Qal" also has no meaning.
>I will try to remember to call you Do'val.
>--HoD trI'Qal
Ack! Not this again! Please look up {Hech} in your KD's. It means "mean" as
in "intend". It does NOT mean "mean" as in "signify".
You cannot use it to say something like "<puq> means <child>".
*{<child> Hech <puq>} is incorrect, sorry to say.
This sentence could only mean "<puq> intends <child>", which is rather
nonsensical.
Please, Grammarian, step in and explain to them why they're using {Hech}
wrong here.