tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 23 11:24:06 1999
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Re: {nuqDaq DaDab}
: ja' peHruS:
: >I know the right way to answer {nuqDaq DaDab} and the right way is {Shannon
: >vIDab}. I have no doubt about this at all.
: >
: >How do I KNOW? KGT clearly states that {Dab} means "live at." From
related
: >discussion regarding the necessity of the locative, we can conclude that
: >locative is not required for such a gloss of a Klingon verb.
:
: KGT thus implies that the proper form of the question might be {nuq DaDab}.
: With that question, the answer {Shannon vIDab} is almost certainly correct.
: charghwI' was saying that the best form of the answer to {nuqDaq DaDab} is
: a little bit harder to pin down.
:
: -- ghunchu'wI'
Which probably works fine if "Shannon" is the name of a settlement or
planet. But what if "Shannon" is a person?
?*Shannon*Daq vIDab.
I live at Shannon's place. (i.e. "chez Shannon" in French)
I'm staying/residing with Shannon.
?Shannon juH vIDab.
I live in Shannon's house.
?Shannon Sa' toQDuj vIDab.
I'm living on Gen. Shannon's Bird-of-Prey.
IOW: is "Shannon" a {nuq} or a {nuqDaq}?
Hmm... can you say {'Iv vIDab?} "Whom are you living with? Who's your
roommate?" Or would a Klingon understand it to mean "Within whom are you
living?" Which is something one Klingon-speaking Trill symbiont might ask
another. <g>
For that matter, can you use {-Daq} on a personal name at all? Could
{wo'rIvDaq} be the name of a restaurant: the "Chez Worf"? <G>
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons