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Re: "Where do you want to sit?"



On Mon, 1 Jul 1996 [email protected] wrote:

> In a message dated 96-07-01 12:57:02 EDT, marqoS wrote:
> 
> > This weekend my {be'nal} and I were at a restaurant, and I wanted to
> >  ask her where she wanted to sit.  
> >  	maba' nuqDaq 'e' DaneH?
> >  But since {neH} doesn't take {'e'} - do you just
> >  drop the {'e'} above and get {maba' nuqDaq DaneH}, or would it become
> >  {nuqDaq maba' DaneH}?

"nuqDaq maba'" Daqel'a'?  It means "Where do we sit?" which pretty much 
means the same as "Where do you want us to sit?"  Remember, Klingons are 
straightforward and I think they'll use the less wordy version.  chaq 
"nuqDaq ba'" jatlh 'e' qaq tlhIngapu'.

dave yeung



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