tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri May 24 13:31:11 1996
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Re: KLBC: How long have we been learning?
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: How long have we been learning?
- Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 16:31:00 -0400 (EDT)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "Mark J. Reed" at May 24, 96 04:47:36 am
According to Mark J. Reed:
>
> [email protected] writes:
> \ We know how to ask {How much fuel do we have?}
> \ How do we ask {How long have we been learning Klingon?}
...
>
> \ {How long have we been learning Klingon?}
> This one translates nicely to a quantitative question:
> qaStaHvIS poH 'ar tlhIngan Hol wIghoj?
I'd probably use {DIS} or some other specific period of time
rather than {poH}. Remember: A Klingon MAY be inaccurate, but
he is NEVER appROXimate!
> \ {How well-cooked is the food?}
> I suspect that in most cases where you would ask this question, a
> simple {vutchu''a' Soj?} would do the trick. If you really care about
> exactly how cooked the food is, then you can do that aforementioned Bad
> Thing:
> {vutchu'ghach 'ar ghaj Soj?} "How much well-cookedness does the food have?"
wejpuH.
Sojqoqvam DameQpu''a'? yIntaH'a' 'oH? qaStaHvIS tup 'ar Sojvam
DapubmoH?
> But how would you answer that question?
That is exactly why that version of the question is gibberish.
My versions are answered by yes/no or a number of minutes.
> \ {How red is the blood?}
> Again, how would you answer the question, once asked? Maybe you
> could make it multiple choice instead of asking for a range:
>
> {Doq'a' 'Iw? Doq? DoqHa'?}
Doqbe''a' 'Iw? loQ Doq'a'? Doqqu''a'? Doqbej'a'? Doqchu''a'?
SuD'a'?
>
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