tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 04 11:25:14 2000
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RE: pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese ?
QIpqu'wI':
> IF YOU SEND THIS TO AT LEAST 15 PEOPLE RIGHT
> AWAY, A $25 GIFT CERTIFICATE TO OUTBACK
> STEAKHOUSE WILL POP UP ON YOUR SCREEN PRINT OUT
De'vID:
: Dochvam DaHarchugh, SoHvaD "USS Brooklyn" meH vIngev.
: = If you believe that, I'll sell you the bridge to the USS Brooklyn.
Although I quite agree with your comment, I do have one minor correction:
'e' DaHarchugh ...
As Okrand uses it, the noun {Doch} "thing" always refers to a tangible,
physical object. You cannot use {Dochvam} "this thing" or {Dochvetlh} "that
thing" to refer to the relative pronouns "this" or "that" - a very common error
among English speakers. For that (!), we use the special Klingon pronouns
{'e'} and {net}. Although you most often see them linking independent clauses
in complex sentences, they can be used by themselves:
'e' luSov
They know that. TKD
'e' vIlegh
I see that. TKD
'e' neHbe' vavwI' [or: vavoy?]
That wasn't what my father wanted. ST6
Here Azetbur refers to someone else's just uttered comment.
BTW, the fact that she uses {'e'} with {neH} - which we are told is unnecessary
- may be emphatic:
neHbe' vavwI'.
My father didn't want it.
vs.
'e' neHbe' vavwI'.
*That* wasn't what my father wanted.
That was exactly what my father did *not* want!
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons