tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Feb 24 18:02:46 1999
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RE: klbc: SIv
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: klbc: SIv
- Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 19:05:17 -0700
jatlh Rolando Coto:
>>>>>
as much as i don't contribute much, i wanted to make a comment on the word
<SIv>. in english the use of "to wonder" is very vague sometimes, but in
it's barest meaning it is a natural yes/no question. for example, in
spanish (Mo speaks it, right?) the "i wonder" structure is even more
straighforward, it is made of a sentence meaning "i ask myself if..." for
example.
i wonder who his enemy is.
me pregunto quien es su enemigo.
jaghDaj ghaH 'Iv 'e' vISIv.
i wonder if she ate the gagh i alone made for her.
me pregunto si habrá comido el gag que solito le hice.
nIteb ghaHvaD qagh vIvutbogh Sopta' 'e' vIsIv.
just wondering...
>>>>>
This is a tough one - Okrand himself has not yet figured out <SIv>. The
first one is probably not correct - it involves a question as the object of
<SIv>, so it probably doesn't work. The second one is probably fine, minus a
small typo.
pagh
Beginners' Grammarian