tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 21 01:46:55 1997
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Re: KLBC: Tea for two
- From: Ivan A Derzhanski <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Tea for two
- Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 11:46:17 -0800
- Organization: Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science
- References: <[email protected]>
HurghwI' wrote:
> Out of curiosity, what _exactly_ does "which" mean? Is there a way to
> define it outside of itself, and, if so, could it be applied to Klingon?
It is to `this' and `that' as `where' is to `here' and `there', or `when'
to `now' and `then'. Meaningwise it is parallel to a Type 4 noun suffix.
Formwise it may or may not be; that's up to MO:
{nuq? paq. chab.} `What? A/the book. A/the tart.'
{'Iv? yaS. ghaH.} `Who? The officer. He/She.'
{*DujWiC? Dujvam. Dujraj.} `Which ship? This one. Yours.'
--'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