tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Mar 11 08:07:51 1999
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Re: chaq tugh jImej.
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: chaq tugh jImej.
- Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 11:06:18 EST
In a message dated 3/11/99 3:02:16 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
> << .{targhvaD Qa'Hom vISopmoH}... >>
> ===============
> What does the sentence {targh Sop Qa'Hom 'e' vIraD} do for you all? Or, is
> that just evading the problem as posed?
>
> peHruS
"I force the Qa'Hom to eat the targh."
It does evade the question of how the other construct is to be interpreted, if
used. But it's an example of how ambiguity can be avoided, if necessary, by
recasting. (There are different connotations in this version because {raD}
"force, compel" is stronger than just causing; net tu'nIS 'ej wa' DuH
wIvlu'taHvIS yeplu'nIS.)
--jey'el