tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jan 29 03:14:40 1997
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Re: An offer you shouldn't refuse
- From: "HurghwI'" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: An offer you shouldn't refuse
- Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 05:16:00 -0600
At 09:37 AM 1/27/97 -0800, you wrote:
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>>Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 09:32:27 -0800
>>From: "Kenneth Traft" <[email protected]>
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>>Way back on 7/17/96, Mark Shoulson gave me some responses. My computer was
>>down for 6 weeks a while back and I haven't been able to catch up with
>>everything. I also lost some things. I'm still trying to figure which
ends
>>up. With many thanks to Mark I think it's ready.
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>Glad to help!
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>><<meppatlh(tm)>>
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>>tlhIngan wo'Daq patlh Degh chu' 'oH <<meppatlh(tm)>>'e'.
>>SuqlaH neH tera'nganpu'! wo'Daq Dotlh'a' Dachavbej DaneHchugh vaj
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>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?
To me, your example says "Terrans can only get it; they can't get anything
else." What if we said <SuqlaH tera'ngan ghaHbogh vay'>, or <SuqlaHbe'
tera'ngan ghaHbe'bogh vay'>?
>>*** tlhIngan wo'Daq <<meppatlh(tm)>>'e' neH Dalo'laH!
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>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"?
Whoa! <neH> being an adverb, does that mean it can modify prepositions,
too? I like the negation here, too <tlhIngan wo' HurDaq <<meppatlh(tm)>>'e'
Dalo'laHbe'>.
-HurghwI'