tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Nov 21 16:39:39 1996
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RE: KLBC: {-vam} {-vetlh} je
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: {-vam} {-vetlh} je
- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 96 00:16:51 UT
jatlh Qorbeq:
> <current topic> luja'chuqDI' ghotpu', pIj {-vetlh} lulo' 'e' vItu'.
> tlhIngan Hol jatlhlu'taHvIS <that> 'oSba' {-vetlh}, 'ach rapbe' {tlhIngan
> <that>} {DI'vI' <that>} je.
The question is ( I think), what's the difference between "that" and "this,"
when you're talking about something like "the current topic"? Is this
correct?
The answer to this is, "this" and "that" are very relative terms. It all
depends on how you decide to use them. Can you exactly define the difference
between them in English, let alone Klingon? What is "this" topic, as opposed
to "that" topic?
Perhaps someone trained in linguistics can give you a better answer to this
one than I can.
Perhaps someone trained in linguistics can give you a better answer to that
one than I can.
What's the difference? How "close" you are to the thing being referred to.
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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