tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jan 01 03:02:15 2000

Back to archive top level

To this year's listing

• Index by Date
• Index by Thread
• Index by Author

RE: KLBC: languages (was Re: New Millenium)

• From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
• Subject: RE: KLBC: languages (was Re: New Millenium)
• Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2000 04:04:00 -0700

>jatlh Oto:
>>I speek 7 languages
>>and I'm learning about 10 in addition

> 'ej nuq Soch Holmey DajatlhlaH, <Oto>?  
> nuq latlh wa'maH Holmey DaghojtaH?

> = And which seven languages can you speak, 
> Oto?  Which ten other languages are you learning?

> (KLBC question: Can I use <nuq> to mean "which" in 
> the way I'm doing above?  <tlhIngan Hol 
> mu'tlheghmeywIj Dayaj'a'?>)

ghobe' 'ach HISlaH. I understood you, but no, <nuq> cannot be used for
"which" like this. Okrand has on several occasions had the opportunity to
allow this, but consistently avoids it. Instead, he often suggests an
alternative: demand instead of ask. For these sentences, the most direct way
to obtain the information in Klingon would be an imperative:

Soch Holmey DjatlhlaHbogh yIngu'.


pagh
Beginners' Grammarian

• Follow-Ups:
  • RE: KLBC: languages (was Re: New Millenium)
    • From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>

• Prev by Date: online klingon course
• Next by Date: RE: KLBC: romuluSngan HoHmeH jeqqIj vIlo' 'e' vItIvqu'.
• Prev by thread: Re: online klingon course
• Next by thread: RE: KLBC: languages (was Re: New Millenium)
• Index(es):
  • Date
  • Thread
  • Author

Back to archive top level