tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 21 21:42:53 1997
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Re: KLBC:Book 1
- From: Bill Willmerdinger <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC:Book 1
- Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 21:59:28 -0400
- Organization: IKV Crystal Dagger, Klingon Assault Group Rochester NY
- References: <[email protected]>
Kenneth Traft wrote:
> >On the subject of "that," the Type 4 noun suffix, if you cannot think of an
> >appropriate noun to attach it to, then you're probably not saying the
> >sentence very well.
>
> This sentence is a bit "unfair". <Doch> is a noun. The use of <Doch> with
> <-vam> and <-vetlh> is prevelent throughout "Okrand Canon" and consistent with
> the principle of "straight forwardness".
Freshly back from the qep'a' as I am, I saw this and thought, "Marc
wimped out when he used {Dochvam} for an unspecified 'that'". This is
one case where "putting myself into a Klingon mindset" would force (now,
at least) me to rephrase. {Dochvam} is really "that thing" and I just
can't help but feel that a Klingon wouldn't be that non-specific (except
in the cases where he truely didn't know what the item was).
Just my thought, as I start reading the list with a fresh perspective
(and {yay yay DaHjaj yay DaHjaj yay wIghaj!} looping through my
brain...)
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