tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Feb 14 08:46:20 1996

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Re:Re: KLBC> HaDIbaHpu` l

 > According to Alan Anderson: 
 > >  
 > > ter'eS writes: 
 > .. My intention in this sentence was to avoid a literal object.  {Doch 
 > rap}seems too concrete to me; I think {Doch} should refer only to 
 > actual physical items.  {ta'} seems more goal-oriented than Pinky's 
 > question warrants. 
 > >  
 > > One of the nifty tools I've found for recasting questions is to ask "how" 
 > > instead of "what".  TKD 6.4 gives {chay' jura'} "What are your  orders?" 
 > > (page 70).  So one might ask {DaHjaj ram chay' mavang?} instead of asking 
 > > {DaHjaj ram nuq wIqaSmoH?}.  Pinky's question indeed is open-ended, with 
 > > no hint of a goal; but Brain's answer certainly deserves the use of {ta'}. 
 >                                                                       
  
 On that note I have proposed/considered translating  
 "Whats up?" as {chay' bIghoS}. Literally "You do you proceed?" 
 But feedback from others indicated that it's a bit ambigous and 
 idiomatic. 
  
 OTOH if we were to say "Now what?" I think that could be translated 
 as {DaH chay' maghoS} literally "Now, how do we proceed?" 
  
 Feedback? 
  
 > charghwI' 
  
 david 
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