tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Feb 15 20:03:14 1999
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Re: KLBC: Complex sentences
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Complex sentences
- Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 23:00:33 EST
In a message dated 2/14/1999 6:10:57 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< The qualification suffixes are useful for making a distinction between
{bIQIplaw'} "I think you're stupid" and {bIQIpbej} "I'm sure you're stupid."
However, if you just want to express your opinion of someone's stupidity,
{bIQIp 'e' vIQub} is fine.
The second suggestion is strangely weak and verbose at the same time. I'd
say {chavlaH 'e' Har} "(s)he believes that (s)he can achieve it." Adding
the "she says" part into it, I come up with {jatlh vIchavlaH 'e' vIHar}
"(s)he says 'I believe that I can achieve it.'"
>>
I do not wish to disagree with the sentences in the second paragraph above. I
like these constructions very much myself. Why, I've even used them a lot of
times.
But, I first saw them from users of tlhIngan Hol on this listserv. I have not
seen {'e' vIQub} in canon. Perhaps our Ca'non Master can enlighten me. Until
then, what if {Qub} is like {jatlh}?
This would produce: {jIQub bIQIp}
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