tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jul 02 08:07:42 1999
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Re: KLBC challenge
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC challenge
- Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 10:49:42 -0400
From: William H. Martin <[email protected]>
>> > Dat batlh 'oH 'ach DaSamnIS.
>> (assuming it was supposed to be <<Dat 'oH batlh'e'>>)
>Dat batlh tu'lu'.
>
>That is better than my "Everywhere, is honor" and your sentence
>which can be translated either as "Everywhere, honor is," or
>"Honor is everywhere," [LITERALLY, since that interpretation
>uses {Dat} as the direct object instead of the locative.]
Please forgive me if this has already been gone over to death (and ignore my
message if it has: I'm behind on the mailing list).
While I certainly agree that {Dat batlh tu'lu'} is the best sentence,
there's nothing wrong with {Dat 'oH batlh'e'}. What's the grammatical
difference between that and, say, {nuqDaq 'oH puchpa''e'}? {Dat} is not a
direct object because (a) I'd hesitate to call a noun in front of any
pronoun an object of any kind (though pronouns do have subjects), and (b)
{Dat} never takes a Type 5 noun suffix anyway.
I have no problem with sentences like
meHDaq ghaHtaH HoD'e'.
pa'DajDaq ghaHtaH loDHom'e'.
nuqDaq 'oH puchpa''e'?
letlh retlhDaq 'oH puchpa''e'.
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