tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Apr 14 11:53:29 2001
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Re: KLBC: Qov qeqmeH mu'tlheghmey
ja'pu' "Michael A. Stumpe" <[email protected]>:
>"In order to test that theory, we placed forty tribbles on the
>starship."
>ngervetlh wIwaHmeH 'ejDo'Daq loSmaH yIHmey DIlanpu'.
ja' Qov:
>I accept your argument against tob, but having rejected tob, I'd recommend
>Daj. I would translate /nger wIwaH/ as "we sample the theory."
{Daj} implies to me that the "test" is poorly conceived, and that it's not
going to give a useful answer to the question. *I* think {tob} works fine
here. I don't believe it means the same thing as "demonstrate to be
correct." It seems to me that it's more like "establish the truth of a
proposition." It feels a lot like {'ol} "verify", which I think would also
fit well here instead of {waH}.
-- ghunchu'wI' 'utlh