tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Apr 05 16:04:53 1999
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RE: nom
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: nom
- Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 19:04:39 -0400
Actually, there is a case for saying that {nom SImwI'} means "one who
calculates quickly." NOTE: I do NOT accept the following argument, but it
is a legitimate one.
Just as {batlh bIHeghbe'} means "You will die without honor" in Power
Klingon (notice that the {-be'} on the verb seems to be modifying the
adverbial+verb or just the adverbial, not just the verb), so might {nom
SImwI'} mean "one who calculates quickly" (in this case, the {-wI'}
encompasses all of {nom SIm}).
Now, I don't think this is RIGHT. I think it is wrong. But the precedent
certainly exists.
SuStel
Stardate 99260.7
jatlh pagh:
Not really. Adverbials like <nom> modify whole sentences, not nouns.
Consider <nom SImwI' vIHoH>. I'm not killing the one who calculates quickly;
I'm quickly killing the calculator.