tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu May 08 14:58:46 1997
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RE: KLBC: 'uQpa'
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: 'uQpa'
- Date: Thu, 8 May 97 21:56:34 UT
[email protected] on behalf of Jim LeMaster wrote:
> yItu' waDIch De'Qu' naDev!
>
> Here is another riddle for you!
>
> (Literally: Here you find a second information-quest!)
{yItu'} is a verb, meaning "find it!" It is not a noun. If you really wanted
to say "information-quest," you'd say {De'Qu'}. However, "information-quest"
wouldn't necessarily be recognizable as "riddle."
"Second" is {cha'DIch}, not {wa'DIch} (and both have apostrophes after the
number part).
Furthermore, "here is <...>" is rather idiomatic. Where exactly is "here"?
On the screen? What if it is spoken? (By the way, if you *could* use
{naDev}, it would have to go at the beginning of the sentence. {naDev}
usually goes in the same place nouns with Type 5 noun suffixes go: at the
beginning.)
This is a tough one, but I can come up with some ideas:
Satlhobqa' 'ej SujangmeH Qatlhqu'.
I ask you again and it is very difficult for you to answer.
Literally, "I ask resume asking you and in order that you answer, it is
difficult." "It" refers to {Qu'} "task."
--
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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