tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jun 03 00:28:12 2001
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RE: KLBC - Napolean quote
ngeD jIQIjmeH Qu'. rut jIQagh. rut jIQIp. DopDaq qul yIchenmoH SumDI' Qov.
charghwI' 'utlh
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> Subject: RE: KLBC - Napolean quote
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> 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.
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