tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Oct 21 02:12:31 1994
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Re: jay'
- From: [email protected] (Craig Altenburg)
- Subject: Re: jay'
- Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 17:46:12 -0400
>According to charghwI'
>According to [email protected]:
>> Subject: Transmitting Data
>>
>> Ok. Here's a good question about a confusing situation. In Klingon there
>> are two verbs:
>>
>> lab transmit data (away from a place)
>> lI' transmit data (to a place)
>>
>> Now, let me see if I have this correct. "lab" would be if I were on a
>> starship and I were transmitting data from my present loaction on the ship
>> to, say, an away team on a planet.
>
>Judging from the canonical usage in ST3, you are right. The
>wording in TKD is strange, but most folks agree that {lab}
>means to send or upload. {lI'} means to receive or download.
>
When using these verbs does the direct object describe the nature
of the data being transfered or does it identify the other party?
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>>
>> William
>
>maj.
>
>charghwI'
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