tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jan 30 10:10:20 1997
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Re: KLBC: Phrases
- From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Phrases
- Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 13:10:16 -0500 (EST)
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]> (message from Ivan ADerzhanski on Wed, 29 Jan 1997 07:18:32 -0800)
>Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 07:18:32 -0800
>From: Ivan A Derzhanski <[email protected]>
>
>David Trimboli wrote:
>> January 28, 1997 5:48 AM EST, jatlh Perry J. Brulotte:
>> > [If war is costly and war is hell then hell must be costly.]
>>
>> waghchugh noH 'ej ghe'or 'oHchugh noH'e', vaj waghnIS ghe''or.
>
>_tKD_ 4.2.2 implies that the Type 2 verbal suffixes indicate deontic
>modality (the need for, or desirability of, an event); here the _must_
>performs an alethic function (`it follows that hell is costly' rather
>than `hell needs to be costly'). Unless there is precedent for such
>use of {-nIS}, I suggest using {-law'} or nothing at all.
jIQochbe'law' jIH.
~mark