tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 16 20:23:00 1996
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Re: result of verb?
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- Subject: Re: result of verb?
- Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 23:22:29 -0400
qaSDI' 96-08-16 21:57:40 EDT, jatlh Jeff Zeitlin:
> What this means is that the title of the first chapter of Sun
> Tzu ("Estimates") quite nicely translates as <chovghachmey>.
> Or should it be <chovghach'e'mey>? Either one is much better
> than <vuDmey>. Even if it _is_ "marked" usage.
You would need {chovghachmey'e'}. You've got the suffix order reversed.
As far as marked usage goes, consider this: a Klingon walks into a bookstore
(hey, I'm sure they've got - or had - them!) and sees the title
{chovghachmey}. He'll probably smirk, thinking {loQ tlhaQ pongvetlh}. Since
it's marked, it is funny to look at. It won't be taken very seriously as a
title.
But why must the title be a noun? Just becuase the English one is? What
about the original? Why not just call it {chov}, or {jIchov}, or {chovlu'},
or something like that?
SuStel
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