tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Oct 20 13:57:36 1999
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Re: Mu'mey chu'
jatlh SuStel:
>GRAMATICALLY, {tujqu'choH QuQ} means "The engines become HOT." The "hot" is
>emphasized. The correct INTERPRETATION for this sentence is "The engines
>become TOO hot." It is not "The engines become hot, as opposed to cold."
>This interpretation is not part of the grammar, it is part of common sense.
Is this canonical? I would have thought {tujqu'choH QuQ} would mean, "The
engines become *very* hot," or "The engines become *really* hot."
- DujHoD