tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Mar 01 04:15:47 1996
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Re: lut tlhaQ: nuq qab law' Dochvam qab puS?
- From: "Lord Havelock Sinister" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: lut tlhaQ: nuq qab law' Dochvam qab puS?
- Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 12:13:53 GMT
- Organization: North East Wales Institute
- Priority: normal
- Return-Receipt-To: "Lord Havelock Sinister" <[email protected]>
I wrote:
> >meghlIjDaq yIH Datu' nuq qab law' 'e' qab puS?
> >
> >meghlIjDaq yIH bID Datu' 'e' qab law' Dochvetlh qab puS.
>
You replied:
> I love the joke, but hate the grammar. In the first place, we don't know how
> to make a comparative question, since it combines the syntax of a question
> (which is a normal Klingon sentence) with a comparative (which is not
> remotely like a normal Klingon sentence). We can't even be sure what the
> word order would be. If we try it, we need to go for the simplest
> combination we can, so:
>
> meghlIjDaq yIH tu'lu'chugh qabba' ghu'. nuq qab law' ghu'vam qab puS?
>
> meghlIjDaq yIH bID tu'lu'chugh qabqu'bej ghu'.
>
> yIHmey vItIvqu'... qa'vInwIj tujqu'Daq
>
> >SuHaghchugh vaj SuHegh
>
> taywIj 'oH 'ej jIHagh jIneHchugh...
If you wanted the simpler solution, why did you make it more
complicated?
Alex.
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