tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 08 21:34:54 1997
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Re: [KLBC] New student joins the list. (tetlh muv ghojwI' chu')
- From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: [KLBC] New student joins the list. (tetlh muv ghojwI' chu')
- Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 23:33:27 -0500
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
'etyen jang Qov:
>} pongwIj 'oH 'etyen'e' 'ej
>
>In more direct order: {'etyen 'oH pongwIj'e'}. "My name is Etienne," as
>opposed to "Etienne is my name." Same Object Verb Subject applies even for
>the copula verb to be.
My preferred order for this is the way she had it: "Etienne is my name."
I tend to think of the "to be" usage of pronouns as a bit less far-reaching
than a simple equivalence, along the lines of "a square is a rectangle."
"Etienne" is the specific thing that falls in the category of her name.
I myself have many names; {pongwIj 'oH ghunchu'wI''e'} gets across what I
want to say. If I said {ghunchu'wI' 'oH pongwIj'e'}, I feel that I would
be implying that I have but one name.
It's probably just personal preference; most people accept it either way.
-- ghunchu'wI'