tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jul 18 06:38:27 1997
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Re: What does "..." mean?
- From: Terrence Donnelly <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: What does "..." mean?
- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 08:36:22 -0500
At 09:38 PM 7/17/97 -0700, Qermaq wrote:
>ghItlh Qeygh:
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>>Perhaps something like "*xyz* vIyaj chay' 'e' DaHech?" or "*xyz* vIyaj
>>chay' net Hech?" would be better.
>>The intent here is "How do you intend that I understand *xyz*?" or "How am
>>I meant to understand *xyz*?" -- I don't claim to be fluent, so I may have
>>botched this pretty badly.
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>ghobe' - maj! You said exactly what you intended to say, even though it feels
>uncomfortable to me. The grammar is fine!
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>Another approach is to use apposition.
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>tlhIngan HolvaD mu' *xyz* vIjatlh vIneHchugh, nuq vIjatlh?
>If I want to say the word xyz in Klingon, what do I say?
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>Or even more simply -
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>chay' tlhIngan HolvaD mu' *xyz* vIjatlh?
>How do I say the word xyz in Klingon?
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>Notice that the mu' *xyz* is understood to not be possesion trhu context - it
>simply would not make sense.
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Another alternative I see used often (and which I use myself) is
nuq 'oS *X*
a little wordier:
*X* mughmeH nuq vIlo'nIS
>Qermaq
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-- ter'eS
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