tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jan 16 03:01:37 1997
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Re: Quotable quotes
- From: "HurghwI'" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Quotable quotes
- Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 05:02:32 -0600
jatlh 'Iwvan:
>David Trimboli wrote:
>> > Honor is not everything; it is the only thing.
>> > Gloria omnia non est; res sola est.
>> > Hoch oH'be' quv'e' ; neH Doch 'oH quv
>>
>> {neH} always comes *after* the word it modifies.
>
>Also it means `only, merely, just', not `the only/unique'. Not nearly
>the same thing, except that they happen to share a word in English.
>
>> [...] Hoch 'oHbe' quv'e'; Doch neH 'oH.
>
>`Honour is not all; it is merely a thing.' That won't do, SuStel.
That would be <...Doch 'oH neH>. The above translation does indeed mean:
"Honour is not everything; it is the only thing."
"Unlike other adverbials, <neH> can follow a noun. In such cases it means
only, alone." TKD 56
-HurghwI'