tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Nov 10 11:57:15 1999
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Re: And then...? And then...? (And then along came Jones...) - ForMO
- From: Terrence Donnelly <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: And then...? And then...? (And then along came Jones...) - ForMO
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 13:49:56 -0600
At 02:18 PM 11/10/99 EST, DujHoD wrote:
>jatlh charghwI':
>>We still need an exclammatory meaning, "So?" I guess we'll just
>>have to do with facial expressions.
>
>vIjatlh:
>>Why not just use the one-word sentence {ram}?
>
>jatlh charghwI':
>>rut Qap 'ach rut QapHa'. <<ram>> vIlo'chugh vInoHba'ta'. pagh
>>vItlhob. *So?* vIjatlhchugh:
>>
>><<SoHvaD potlhlaw' qechvam. jIHvaD ramchu'. potlhmeH meq yIQIj.>>
>
>If you mean it that way, then you can still say it in much fewer words:
>
>ramlaw'. QIj.
>
Or, from a slightly different angle, how about <qay''a'> or <qatlh qay'>.
-- ter'eS