tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon May 29 13:39:21 1995

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Re: What's wrong with "which"?




On Sun, 28 May 1995, Francesco Pieri wrote:

> If a noun-noun construction could be used with nuq and 'Iv,
> that would enable us to translate "whose":
> 
> 'Iv HIch Daghaj? (whose handgun have you got?)
> 
> Unfortunately, I don't know if this can be considered canon.
> Are there any such constructions in any canon source?

I do not remember seeing any canon examples of this usage.  But this type 
of construction seems clear and unambiguous to me and I like it.

> Francesco Pieri ([email protected])                    Pisa -- Italy

yoDtargh



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