tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jun 01 13:02:53 2001
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RE: KLBC - Napolean quote
- From: "Library" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC - Napolean quote
- Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 09:58:29 -0700
- Organization: NLK Consultants Inc
- Priority: normal
lab charghwI'
> While I think it is stylistically ugly, it would also be valid to say:
> not yIqagh jaghlI' QaghtaHvIS.
Stylistically ugly? How about grammatically corrupt? What grammatical
function does jaghlI' serve in that sentence?
It's not the object of qagh, because it follows qagh.
It's not the subject of qagh, because a) that wasn't the intended meaning
and b) qagh has an imperative prefix so "you" is the subject.
It's in the right position to be the object of Qagh, but makes no sense as
the object of Qagh.
It's not the subject of Qagh, because it's in the wrong place.
charghwI', yIQIj.
Robyn Stewart or Ivana Niseteo
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