tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue May 06 20:51:41 1997
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Re: RE: Usage of "SIv"
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: RE: Usage of "SIv"
- Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 23:53:48 -0400 ()
- Priority: NORMAL
On Tue, 29 Apr 1997 22:23:31 -0700 (PDT) David Trimboli
<[email protected]> wrote:
> [email protected] on behalf of [email protected] wrote:
> >
> > I need to ask about the usage of the word "SIv", to wonder...
> I don't think we've ever seen Okrand use {SIv}, so I can't say for sure how
> it's correctly used. {'e'} constructions might be the answer.
>
> paq laDta' *Anne* 'e' vISIv
>
> but this seems wrong to me somehow.
It seems wrong to me, too.
chaq paq laDta' *Anne*. jISIv.
For all we know, it may have less to do with unanswered
curiosity than with aimless daydreaming from sensory overload.
parmaq vIqelDI' jISIv.
At any rate, I cannot personally feel comfortable using it
transitively until I see an example in canon.
...
> Perhaps it would be better to simply ask your question than say you're
> "wondering" about that. Until Okrand shows us how to use the word, I'd feel
> weird using it in anything beyond describing someone's state of mind.
Exactly.
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