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{wa'DIch} as adverb?

• From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
• Subject: {wa'DIch} as adverb?
• Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 16:00:44 -0500

Skybox trading card S15 says, in part:
{wa'DIch tlhIngan Dujmey luleghlu'pu'bogh...}, which corresponds to
the translated phrase "...the first Klingon vessels encountered..."
I noted the peculiar placement of the word {wa'DIch} and wondered how
its disagreement with TKD might be explained.

~mark writes:
>To me, at least, it seems as likely that this is an indication of ordinals
>as adverbs.

As I asked Kenneth Traft, "How so?"  I see no evidence of an adverbial
"first" in the English translation; the usage is clearly as adjective.

If the concept being presented had a "done initially" idea in it, I'd
be willing to entertain the possibility (and in fact I think I have a
reasonable way to explain/rationalize its use), but I don't find that
idea in this particular Skybox card.

-- ghunchu'wI'

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