tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jul 16 21:42:32 2000
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Re: Use of topic as header
jIjatlh:
> > I still don't like this. Yes, "Seven" is in relation to "Nine," but
that
> > doesn't mean that "Nine" is always going to be the topic of the
sentence.
> >
> > jatlh nov: SoH 'Iv?
> > jatlh be': Hut'e' Soch jIH.
> >
> > Why is the topic of the woman's sentence "Nine"? No one was talking
about
> > nine, it was never a topic.
jatlh charghwI':
> If the conversation went:
>
> "Who are you?"
>
> "I am Seven."
>
> Then you'd be right. Meanwhile, if she said, "I am Seven of Nine," then
> "Nine" IS the topic of the sentence. It is the whole point of her
statement.
Let me put it another way. How would you say, "Seven of Nine stole the
shuttlecraft"?
SuStel
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