tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Sep 14 21:29:07 1997
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Re: Ha'DIbaHmey
- From: "Neal Schermerhorn" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Ha'DIbaHmey
- Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 00:32:08 -0400
ghItlh SuStel:
>Not really so surely. There's been a lot of debate on that point. Can
>question words be used in this way? Could you say {'Iv tlhIngan Ha'DIbaH}
for
>"whose Klingon animal"? If so, shouldn't you also be able to say {SoH
>tlhIngan Ha'DIbaH} for "your Klingon animal"?
Excellent point. Just because question words tend to fall into positions
which mirror their 'replaced' counterparts doesn't mean that we can replace
any noun with nuq, or any name with 'Iv. tlhIngan nuq can only mean, as far
as canon I've seen, "What is a Klingon?". tIn tlhIngan nuq would not be
"The Klingon's 'what' is big?" - we just don't have canon to support that
usage. Could I say My 'what' is burning? as meQtaH nuqwI'???? I don't think
so at all.
Qermaq