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RE: "the darkest place"



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From: 	[email protected][SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: 	Tuesday, November 21, 1995 1:51 PM
To: 	Multiple recipients of list
Subject: 	"the darkest place"

ghItlh ghunchu'wI':
>>>>>
(WARNING -- THIS MIGHT BE WRONG -- IT'S CERTAINLY WEIRD!)

Daq yInejbogh Hurgh law' Hoch Hurgh puS

The reason I see this as wrong is that a relative clause exists merely to 
identify a noun which is used as subject or object of a sentence's main 
verb. An imperative verb must be the main verb of a sentence. It needs that 
emphasis. I cannot imagine ANY Type 9 suffix working with an imperative 
prefix.

In the English text for this attempted translation, "dark" is not the main 
verb and "seek" is not merely a verb needed to help identify the thing 
which is darkest. I can't see the fundamental MEANING of the sentence 
changing in translation that much, just to use the grammatical tools you 
seem interested in using.

Any comments?
<<<<<

Will this work?:

    Daq'e' Hurgh law'bogh Hoch Hurgh puS yInej.

No way. The {law'/puS} construction is a complete sentence. It cannot be 
used as a clause within a larger sentence. It's grammar is unique and its 
function is limited. You are working very hard to make use of the wrong 
tool.

There is no indication that it is ever okay to put ANY affix on either 
{law'} or {puS} in a {law'/puS} comparative. You can only use this 
construction one way. You begin with a noun or noun phrase, then a verb 
describing a quality, then {law'}, then another noun or noun phrase, a 
repeat of the same verb describing a quality, then {puS}. That is all you 
can do with that construction.

The only room we have to play here is in forming the noun phrase. This 
really limits the room we have to expand this construction and that is okay 
because there are many other constructions. Just use this tool for what it 
does well and the rest of the time, just use something else.

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    tlhIngan veQbeq marqem la'Hom : Subcommander marqem,
                                    Klingon Sanitation Corps
           Heghbej ghIHmoHwI'pu'! : Death to litterbugs!
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                         Mark A. Mandel
    Dragon Systems, Inc. : speech recognition : +1 617 965-5200
  320 Nevada St. :  Newton, Mass. 02160, USA : [email protected]

charghwI'





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