tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jun 01 07:27:07 2000
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Re: Klingon Academy
- From: Marc Ruehlaender <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Klingon Academy
- Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 09:26:44 CDT
wa'Hu' jIja':
> "a traitor of romulans" seems to be either "a romulan who betrays"
> or "one who betrays romulans"; therefore I assume {romuluSngan
> maghwI'} likewise might refer to {romuluSngan maghbogh nuv'e'}
> just as well as the (more likely, I guess) {maghbogh romuluSngan}.
>
> i.e. I don't need to interpret N1 in N1 Vb-wI' as an object of
> Vb to get that reading. I just look at it as a N1-N2 construct,
> which seems to be just as versatile and ambiguous as its english
> counterpart.
>
thinking more and more about this leaves me more and more confused.
It's not nearly as simple as I thought in the beginning...
Marc Ruehlaender
aka HomDoq
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