tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Sep 28 13:01:58 1996
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Re: KLBC question
- From: Dark Viper <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC question
- Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 16:02:24 -0400
At 09:09 AM 9/28/96 -0700, HoD trI'Qal wrote:
>I can't understand this first sentence. <nuqDaq> is a question word meaning
>"where". I have no idea in the world why you put -pu' on it... -pu' on a
>noun means "plural (things capanle of speech)". Even if you are talking
>about multiple "where"s, you would use -mey... and you most assuredly cannot
>use that on <nuqDaq>, which is neither noun nor verb--it is <chuvmey>, and
>takes no suffixes. You seem to be asking "where do the frog-insults
>appear", but I hesitate to correct this, not knowing if that is your true
>intention.
Actually, I put the -pu' on the end because I was trying to say "Where did
the insult Frog come from?" and I didn't know where to put the -pu'.
And as for the other two:
"Does anyone know?" and "It is mean" (it also means 'mean', not just grouchy).
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