tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Sep 10 11:44:40 1997
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Re: KLBC: (Requiem) fixed loS'DIch 'ay'
- From: "Neal Schermerhorn" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: (Requiem) fixed loS'DIch 'ay'
- Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 14:47:30 -0400
ghItlh Edy:
> nuq jIjalth
> What I will say?
'ej ghItlh Qov:
>Treat nuq as the object of the verb, so use the verb prefix {vI-}.
>
>nuq vIjatlh?
'ach ghItlh ~mark:
> Verbs of speaking use conjoined phrases, yes, IN EITHER
>ORDER, and what's more the thing said is not considered the object (the
>verb-prefix is no-object or reflects the indirect object, the person
>addressed).
If Mark is correct, then I would assume that Qov's question asks "! speak
in what language?", not "What will I say?". I think perhaps nuq jIjatlh is
better. I wish I understood exactly what was being translated in context -
haven't heard a Requiem in a while...and never in English. (I also wish I
understood jatlh better...)
Qermaq