tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jul 09 13:19:09 2000
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Re: Deixis and direction
- From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Deixis and direction
- Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 15:21:19 -0500
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
- References: Your message of Fri, 23 Jun 2000 15:59:13 -0400
ja'pu' HomDoq:
> <<IMO, one cannot be ordered to "see" something one doesn't see. Any command
> to have a sensation is semantically void.>>
jIja'pu':
> jIQoch. TKW page 31:
> 'IwlIj ghogh yIQoy. "Listen to the voice of your blood."
>
> This parallels exactly the proposed {Hew yIlegh} "Look at the statue."
ja' HomDoq:
>did you quote the wrong part of my post?
>I don't see how your example contradicts my statement.
Look at the Klingon words. If you have a copy of TKW handy, look at the
detailed description of the phrase for an explanation of how it indeed is
commanding one to "hear".
-- ghunchu'wI' 'utlh