tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jul 09 13:34:10 2000
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Re: Deixis and direction
- From: Marc Ruehlaender <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Deixis and direction
- Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 15:34:01 CDT
['IwlIj ghogh yIQoy'.]
> 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".
>
ah. I've always seen this as just an example that {yIQoy'} meant
"listen!". I see that I'm wrong.
However, I still feel weird being commanded to do something
over which I have no control. to me, it sounds like
"Have green-coloured skin!" or "Be from an other planet!"
maybe the Klingon imperative includes the notion of "you must"/
"you've got to"? although that seems well covered by {-nIS}.
Marc Ruehlaender
aka HomDoq
[email protected]