tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 28 01:04:39 1997
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{neH} again (Re: An offer you shouldn't refuse)
- From: Ivan A Derzhanski <[email protected]>
- Subject: {neH} again (Re: An offer you shouldn't refuse)
- Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 10:57:18 +0200
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Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
> >From: "Kenneth Traft" <[email protected]>
[...]
> >tlhIngan wo'Daq patlh Degh chu' 'oH <<meppatlh(tm)>>'e'.
> >SuqlaH neH tera'nganpu'! wo'Daq Dotlh'a' Dachavbej DaneHchugh vaj
>
> Woops. This is that "only" problem we're running around trying to work out
> again, isn't it? I think that no matter what we wind up saying, "SuqlaH
> neH tera'nganpu'" is not right. It means "Terrans merely can get it." If
> anything, it's "SuqlaH tera'nganpu' neH". 'Iwvan, my head's so turned with
> this, what do you think?
That's just it. {luSuqlaH neH tera'nganpu'} (note prefix): `Terrans
merely
can get it (but can't sell it)'. {luSuqlaH tera'nganpu' neH} `only
Terrans
(but not Ferengi) can get it'. <thinks: having English as one's native
language must be a fearful curse if it makes it hard for one to get such
simple things right>
> >*** tlhIngan wo'Daq <<meppatlh(tm)>>'e' neH Dalo'laH!
>
> This sounds like "You can use only meppatlh in the Klingon Empire."
> Shouldn't the neH follow "wo'Daq" to mean "only in the Empire"?
It should.
--'Iwvan