tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 03 07:53:45 1996
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Re: Why bother with pong?
> >>"I am an 'orqut" or "I am 'orqut", etc.....
> >It works in other languages.
> >"Hello, I'm Roger.
>
[snip]
>
> The point that concerns me most is the assumed "a" or "the" before the
> noun in the English translation. Is it necessary? I contend that it is,
> and that "to be" in Klingon is not a simple copula.
>
What about reading "I'm a Roger." as "I'm one of the persons who are
called <<Roger>>s." This is similar to reading "I'm a student." as
"I'm one of those people who are called <<student>>s."
So even "I'm <name>." can be interpreted as a categorizer.
Where do you see the difference?
HomDoq