tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat May 05 07:37:33 2001
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RE: tuQaHlaH'a' ?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Trimboli [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 4:13 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: tuQaHlaH'a' ?
>
>
> From: "...Paul" <[email protected]>
> > How about:
> >
> > bijatlhvIS batlh DaDel
> >
> > I don't have my TKD with me; I don't remember if -vIS verbs have to go
> > after or before... But basically, "When you spoke, you
> described honor."
>
>
> This works, though don't forget the obligatory /-taH/ whenever you use
> /-vIS/ -- /bIjatlhtaHvIS/.
>
> And of course it only works in cases where one "describes" honor.
> If it was
> "questioned" or "denied" or something else, choose another verb
> in place of
> /Del/. I definitely prefer /Del/ over /qel/, though, as a matter
> of style.
Hmmm. I like that. qechvam vIqelpu'be' 'ach DaH vIqelchoH 'ej vIqeltaH. I've
been thinking that {ja'chuq} carried all the speech connotations necessary,
such that {qel} could carry the point of focus of the discussion, but {Del}
works just as well for that, plus it makes it clear that the idea is being
spoken as a description and not merely thought in background. After all,
maja'chuqtaHvIS muD Dotlh vIDellaH 'uQ vIqeltaHvIS. I can, in the back of my
mind, consider what I'm going to have for dinner while discussing the
weather with you.
> SuStel
> Stardate 1341.1
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