tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Mar 15 13:26:44 1997

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RE: KLBC: nuqjatlh



At 09:37 PM 3/14/97 -0800, you wrote:
>jatlh HurghwI':
>
>> > A sentence doesn't have to refer to itself (or even be a sentence) in 
>order
>> >to have a parodox:
>> >
>> >THE NEXT SENTENCE IS TRUE.
>> >THE PREVIOUS SENTENCE IS FALSE.
>> 
>> cha' mu'tlhegh tu'lu', HISlaH?
>
>As far as we know, and most likely, you cannot use {HISlaH}, {HIja'}, or 
>{ghobe'} to create tag questions.  For that, use {qar'a'}.  {cha' mutlhegh 
>tu'lu', qar'a'?}

Oh, right. I couldn't remebmer that word, and was writing without the aid
of a dictionary.

>> cha'Hu' jabbI'IDwIj vIlabbogh DalaDta'chugh,
>> <*vItna'> jIjatlh 'e' vIHechpu',
>
>Never put {-pu'} or any other Type 7 Verb Suffix on the second verb of an 
>{'e'} sentence!
>> 'e' DaSov. 'ej, "paradox" 'oH wa'
>> mu'tlhegh neH'e'. *vItna' 'oHlaHbe' mu'tlheghvetlh'e' 'e' vIta' neH
>
>"I merely accomplish that that sentence cannot be definite truth"?  What do 
>you mean?

I meant <ja'>, "I was merely reporting that that sentence isn't inherently
true."
I meant to add a footnote about the meaning of <vItna'>, but I forgot.

>> [because it needs to refer to something which affirms it, in this case
>> itself]. 'ej paq Dajqu' DalaD DaneHchugh, "G�del, Escher, Bach" Danej.
>> "paradox"mey DatIvchugh, paqvetlh DaparHa'qu'.
>
>bIvangchugh 'uQ DaSop.  bIQubchugh 'uQ Damojqu'!

bItlhaQ, 'ach bIvangchugh bIQubbe'taHvIS, 'uQ DaHutlhtaH. 'ej, Suvlu'taHvIS
yapbe' HoS neH 'e' yIqaw.

-HurghwI'


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