tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 26 08:45:58 1996
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Re: KLBC: 2 Verbs
- From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: 2 Verbs
- Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 11:45:55 -0500 (EST)
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>(message from Ken N on Mon, 25 Nov 1996 22:33:03 -0800)
>Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 22:33:03 -0800
>From: Ken N <[email protected]>
>
>jatlh SuStel:
>
>>lutmaj tlhaQ yajbe'mo' tera'nganpu', matlhaQbe' net Daj neH.
>>Because Terrans don't understand our jokes, it is only inconclusively tested
>>that we are not funny.
>
>Here is an example of where I get lost. The Verb in the Obj-Verb-Sub is
>"yajbe'mo'" I also, because of your translation know the "lutmaj tlhaQ" is
>joke or funny story. But how did you arrive at that construction. "tlhaQ"
>is a verb and that puts two verbs side by side. Are you using it as an
>adjective, is that legal?
Check page 49, Section 4.4.
>
>>tlhaQchugh lut, ngoDvam wISovbej jay'
>
>Here you used the verb "tlhaQchugh" at the beginning of the sentence. Are
>you using it as an adverb? Again is that legal since it is not specifically
>listed as an adverb?
No, it's a verb. The order is object-verb-subject, right? But not all
sentences have objects. So then it's just verb-subject. the subject
always follows the verb.
~mark