tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue May 16 06:22:17 1995
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Re: where-which
According to R.B Franklin:
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> On Mon, 15 May 1995, William H. Martin wrote:
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> > According to [email protected]:
> > >
> > > How do I refer to something in one sentence which is a locative in another.
> > > For example, "I am in the room where the emperor
died."...
> pa'Daq jIHtaHbogh Heghpu' ta'. (The emperor has died in the room which
> I'm in.) (In the room which I'm in, the emperor has died.)
>
> I though it looked better than {pa'Daq jIHtaH Heghpu'bogh ta'}.
Agreed. It also reminds me of that really ugly example in TKD:
jIHtaHbogh naDev vISovbe' = I'm lost.
By this example, we could say:
jIHtaHbogh naDev Heghpu' ta'.
nuq DaQub?
> At first, I thought about {pa'Daq Heghpu'bogh ta' jIHtaH}, but this clearly
> doesn't work because it can mean "I'm the emperor which has died in the room."
Heh.
> > charghwI'
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> yoDtargh
>
charghwI'
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