tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Dec 15 19:19:49 1996
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Re: Dr. Okarnd Speaks -- lengthy
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Dr. Okarnd Speaks -- lengthy
- Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 19:18:35 -0800
At 12:26 15/12/96 -0800, Ken Traft quoted Dr. Okrand:
}So if anyone else has other thoughts on these or any
}future matters, please feel free to participate. (No reason to wait for me to
}go first either. And I'd also be interesting in seeing analyses that disagree
}with mine.)
This translates to "I may be wrong." Judicious butt-covering. val ghaH.
}The end of the sentence is fine. The correct way to say
}"Do you think that...?" is ... 'e' DaQub'a'? ('e' is
}"that," referring to something that precedes it in the
}sentence or in the discussion; DaQub'a' is "do you think
}it?").
Lookie lookie: Qub is transitive.
}(2) You suggested translating "What is your favorite
}month?" as:
}
}jarlIj qaq nuq?
}
}This one's a little easier to deal with. Your sentence
}literally means "What is your preferable month?" The basic
}syntax is correct. Question words (in this case, nuq
}"what?") function the same way pronouns do in questions
}with "to be" in the English translations. Thus, the
}question yIH nuq? "What is a tribble?" is exactly parallel
}the statement yIH 'oH "It is a tribble"
Hmmm. nuq functions as a pronoun. I would have demanded the construction
nuq 'oH yIH'e' in unclipped speech.
}Given that there's an awful lot about Klingon grammar that's not yet known...
'e' wISovba' jay'!
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