tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Sep 04 14:56:11 1996
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Re: TKD 3rd ed. (was Re: nuqneH)
- From: Dark Viper <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: TKD 3rd ed. (was Re: nuqneH)
- Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 17:56:40 -0400
At 08:01 PM 9/3/96 -0700, Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
>>--Dark Viper-----------------------------
>>'ut 'oH vuv'e'
>
>This is an easy error to make, but you should watch for it. "'ut" is a
>verb. In English, we use the copula ("to be") to apply adjectives to nouns
>in a sentence (respect IS necessary), but in Klingon the "adjectives"
>really *are* verbs. Pronouns-as-verbs really indicate existence at a place
>or equation between two nouns. "Respect is necessary" translates as "'ut
>vuv."
But from what I interpreted in TKD, is that it is okay sometimes to use a
verb as a noun -- maybe this is one of the times it isn't? Because that IS a
semi-confusing part of TKD for me.
>Actually, it doesn't, since "vuv" is also a verb, and you can't use it as a
>noun like that without other evidence. How about "vuvnISqu'lu'"/"one MUST
>respect"?
You are right and I have changed my sig accordingly. qatlho'.
--Dark Viper-----------------------------
vuvnISqu'lu'
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