tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Sep 08 22:09:29 2000
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RE: KLBC: nuq as object
ja' Voragh:
>We do, though, have one beautifully ambiguous example from KGT:
>
> ghaH vuv Sus neH
> "he/she wants the wind to respect him/her" (p.122)
This can refer to two different people even in English. But that's not the
biggest ambiguity in the Klingon phrase. The word {neH} is among the worst
offenders when it comes to lacking clarity. It can be interpreted as
"Only the wind respects him/her."
That's not a terribly kind thing to say about someone either, of course.
-- ghunchu'wI' 'utlh