tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Feb 12 06:01:39 1999
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Re: Dab
- From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Dab
- Date: Fri, 12 Feb 99 08:43:43 EST
ja' muHwI':
>Is it {nuq DaDab} or {nuqDaq DaDab} for "where do you live?"
"Yes, that's a very interesting question."
I can see Marc Okrand's customary enigmatic smile now...
After thinking about it briefly, *I* get the impression that the first
one one wants to know what kind of home you live in, and the second
implies that the answer is expected to be a location name.
nuq DaDab? / chIrghHey vIDab.
nuqDaq DaDab? / voSpegh vIDab.
The other possible question is {nuqDaq bIDab}, which seems to have a
very different focus from the others -- though I'm not sure what its
focus really is. Perhaps it's a little more general?
nuqDaq bIDab? / tera'Daq jIDab.
That's just my completely unofficial opinion.
-- ghunchu'wI'