tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jul 31 12:42:24 1996
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Re: qep'a' highlights (Hey let us in on it, guys)
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- Subject: Re: qep'a' highlights (Hey let us in on it, guys)
- Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 18:40:15 -0400
qaSDI' 96-07-30 09:29:56 EDT, jatlh ~mark:
> >yabDu'raj tIjejmoH 'e' vImaS. I prefer that you sharpen your minds.
>
> Hmm... Interesting. Does the imperative work here? I think it does in
> Esperanto (mi preferas ke vi akrigu...) Does it make sense though?
> Something to think about. Maybe a simple indicative is more sensible.
This sort of thing has always struck me as a slightly "marked" (I've never
used this word in this way, or frequency, until signing onto this list!) way
of speaking. Similar to the trick of saying something like
~'Iv HoH 'e' vISov~ "I don't know whom he killed."
A more accurate translation of this might be "Whom did he kill? I don't know
that." Which is really two sentences. Sticking an {'e'} construction on here
sounds like an afterthought. Examples of which may be found throughout this
paragraph. Because I'm doing just that.
"Sharpen you brains! . . . I'd prefer that." It's not good grammar (I
think), but it's readily understandable. It would probably occur more in
spoken Klingon than in written Klingon.
SuStel
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