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RE: klbc: SIv

• From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
• Subject: RE: klbc: SIv
• Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 15:03:11 -0500
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

ja' Voragh:
>Idle speculation ahead...
>
>Okrand explained on st.klingon that the question word {nuq} can be used as
>a pronoun in "to be" sentences; his example was {yIH nuq} "What is a
>tribble?".  I'm wondering (jISIv!) whether {'Iv} might work the same way,
>at least in informal speech.

Okrand said that {nuq} and "other question words" can act as pronouns.
For an example of {'Iv} used this way, check your notes for {SoH 'Iv}.

-- ghunchu'wI'

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