tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jan 16 07:12:37 1997
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Re: tea for two
- From: Ivan A Derzhanski <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: tea for two
- Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 17:12:01 -0800
- Organization: Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science
- References: <[email protected]>
Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
> >From: Ivan A Derzhanski <[email protected]>
> > {nuq Dargh? _India_ Dargh.}
> > {nuq Dargh? _rosebud_ Dargh.}
>
> Agreed. I rather like using "'Iv" or "nuq" in these kinds of
> constructions ("'Iv Duj vIlegh?"/"whose ship do I see?") SuStel
> says that "nuq" or "'Iv" may have to stand for an entire subject
> or object; I am not sure I buy that.
Nor I. _tKD_ p.69: `the question word fits into the sentence in the
position that would be occupied by the answer'. {'aj Duj Dalegh.}
> >I wonder if there is an interrogative verb (`(be) of what kind')
> >sitting in store in Maltz's head. As in *{kix Dargh?} `What kind
> >is the tea?', *{Dargh kix DaneH?} `What kind of tea do you want?'.
>
> [...] an interrogative verb would be cool.
> Not unheard of in languages, but nicely unusual.
I suspect it's not going to be that unusual, actually, if one only
considers languages which, like Klingon, use verbs for adjectives.
The places to look for such would be East Asia and North America.
--'Iwvan
--
"mIw'e' lo'lu'ta'bogh batlh tlhIHvaD vIlIH [...]
poH vIghajchugh neH jIH, yab boghajchugh neH tlhIH"
(Lewis Carroll, "_Snark_ wamlu'")
Ivan A Derzhanski <[email protected], [email protected]>
Dept for Math Lx, Inst for Maths & CompSci, Bulg Acad of Sciences
Home: cplx Iztok bl 91, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria