tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Apr 03 18:40:49 1997
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Re: Scout Promise from BSA
- From: Bill Willmerdinger <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Scout Promise from BSA
- Date: Thu, 03 Apr 1997 21:09:01 -0500
- Organization: IKV Crystal Dagger, Klingon Assault Group Rochester NY
- References: <[email protected]>
Marc Paige wrote:
> 'e' vIlay'qu'
> this I promise
>
> I know that I have a problem at the end. I want the 'e' to cover everything
> above. I don't think that I accomplished that.
This is ambiguous, true; but so would the English be if it were in that
position: "... this I promise."
Probably in English we'd say, "... all this I promise." Hmm. {'e'}
is a pronoun. Could we use {Hoch} to modify {'e'}? {Hoch 'e'
vIlay'qu'} for "Each (previous sentence) I promise"?
It's seriously weird, I know. Can {Hoch} even modify a pronoun? Or is
this just a bad thought?
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