tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue May 30 14:14:04 1995
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Re: What's wrong with "which"?
- From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: What's wrong with "which"?
- Date: Tue, 30 May 1995 17:14:03 -0400
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]> (message from Francesco Pieri on Sun, 28 May 1995 08:49:27 -0400)
>Date: Sun, 28 May 1995 08:49:27 -0400
>Originator: [email protected]
>From: Francesco Pieri <[email protected]>
>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?)
I like this. It is more supportable than "nuH nuq" for "which weapon",
actually.
>Unfortunately, I don't know if this can be considered canon.
>Are there any such constructions in any canon source?
I don't think there's any canon for 'Iv or nuq in N-N, unfortunately, but
it makes a lot of sense. You could also talk about "nuq DungDaq" for
"above what?" etc.
~mark