tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Feb 14 04:46:54 1996
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Re: KLBC:qatlh jIH
- From: "Lord Havelock Sinister" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC:qatlh jIH
- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 12:43:24 GMT
- Organization: North East Wales Institute
- Priority: normal
- Return-Receipt-To: "Lord Havelock Sinister" <[email protected]>
In reply to the comment raised by Alan Anderson regarding "qatlh
jIH," in which he said that the phrase tends to parse for him as "why
am I," I'd like to add the following:
The term jIH can mean "It is I" as much as "I am." tlhIngan Hol makes
no apparent distinction between the two, except, perhaps, in the use
of the Type 5 suffix -'e' when the meaning of "I" needs to be emphasised.
So "qatlh jIH" can have the meaning "Why is it me?" or simply, "Why
me?" because, as a pronoun, "jIH" means "I, me" as much as "I am."
The actual usage of the pronouns can be found in The Klingon
Dictionary, sections 5.1 (pages 51 - 52) and 6.3 (pages 67 - 68).
The topic suffix "-'e'" can be found in Section 3.3.5 (page 29).
qay'be'.
Lord Havelock.
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