tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Feb 01 22:54:38 1997
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RE: KLBC: or
Int:[email protected], citing the Rules of Acquisition to Karl, said:
> Dargh ghap qa'vIn IlneH'a'?
> Do you want tea or coffee? (Not both)
In> This is a funny case. You have chosen {lI-} as your prefix. There
In> *are* two objects listed, but here's the interesting bit: using
In> {ghap}, you are saying that only one can be the case. So you cannot
In> want both. In that case, might one not use {nI-} instead of {lI-}?
In> There's no answer in canon to that, I'm afraid. Personally, I'd use
In> {nI-}, but I can't say you're wrong. My sentence would be
In> Dargh qa'vIn ghap nIneH'a'?
In> Now, here's something else to think about. As far as I can tell,
In> you're asking
In> Do you want (coffee or tea)?
In> You're not asking
In> (Do you want coffee?) either/or (do you want tea?)
In> See the difference? If I told you that I drink tea, but not coffee,
In> then my technical answer to your question would have to be {HIja'}.
In> I'd solve this by asking two questions:
In> Dargh DaneH'a'? qa'vIn DaneH'a'?
Another way to deal with this is simply to say something
along the lines of "I will serve coffee or I will serve
tea. Do you want to drink?"
... Still addicted to breathing (going through counseling though).
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