tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Dec 10 13:21:07 1998
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Re: Klingon Bird of Prey (KBP) poster: THE TEXT!
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Klingon Bird of Prey (KBP) poster: THE TEXT!
- Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 16:21:02 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
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On Thu, 10 Dec 1998 13:14:39 -0800 (PST) SuSvaj
<[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >choH lISbogh Hap'e': cha'pujqut
> >Reaction Moderating Element - Crystalline Dilithium
>
> Hmmm. "Hap'e'", is the 'e' there for emphasis, or is "Hap'e'" intended as
> a new word for "element"?
>
> SuSvaj
No. That's a relative clause and he wanted to make sure you saw
it as "matter which adjusts change" and not "change that is
adjusted by matter".
Don't forget the Krankor Rule. {-'e'} is used to disambiguate a
head noun of a relative clause with both explicit subject and
object.
charghwI' 'utlh