tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 22 15:21:58 1996
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Re: KLBC: Order of nouns about 'oH, etc
I believe it was SuStel who wrote:
> >"My name? You want to know my name? I'll tell you my name. My name is
> >Corey."
> >
> >That's essentially what I mean. This would be {*Corey* 'oH pongwIj'e'}.
On Wed, 21 Aug 1996, dpNoll wrote:
> But that would be saying "My name, not my parrot, not my spam, is Corey".
> Apologies for the silly example. To emphasize the actual name, which is
> really what the other person wants to know, you'd put the {-'e'} on that..
> {pongwIj'e' 'oH *Corey*'e'}
I prefer: janSIy 'oH pongwIj'e'
I'm not convinced by the arguments I've seen so far, so I'll give you my
reasons. Remember that these are my OPINIONS and you're welcome to your
opinions too.
1) I don't like to put {-'e'} on names or on {nuq} (the appropriate
question to get my response would be {nuq 'oH ponglIj'e'})
2) I think that {Y 'oH X'e'} is a special use of both {'oH} and {-'e'}
and I don't feel {-'e'} really holds the same meaning as in other
sentences.
3) This version allows the answer (in this case, the name) to be the
first word in the response.
janSIy