tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Aug 26 20:35:12 1997
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Re: lut tlhaQ
ja' Qov:
>I won't argue with your sense of style, and there is nothing wrong with
>saying wa' loD, but the translation of "A man goes into a bar" *is* "tach
>'el loD."
jang ter'eS:
>I didn't mean it was a direct translation. It just has for me the same
>sort of "Get ready for this..." feel that "A man goes into a bar" has.
>On the other hand, since Klingon nouns don't need plural suffixes, "tach
>'el loD" could also mean "(Some) men walk into a bar". It might not be a
>bad idea to set the scene a little more clearly before going on.
No, "Some men walk into a bar" is {tach lu'el loD}. The ambiguity with
{tach 'el loD} is that it also can mean "A man enters bars" or "Men enter
bars." If you put {wa'} in there, you explicitly are saying either "*One*
man enters a bar" or "*One* man enters bars." If you leave it off, you
lose the sense of focus on the number of men that using implies to me.
-- ghunchu'wI'