tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Nov 02 23:03:48 2001
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Re: onomatopeia
From: "Jiri Baum" <[email protected]>
> ro'Han:
> > Would it be possible to say something like
>
> > ghung qama' 'e' 'avwI' jatlh qama'
> > The prisoner told the guard that the prisoner is hungry.
>
> But how about:
> ghung qama' 'avwI'vaD 'e' ja' qama'
The correct object of /ja'/ is the person being spoken to, not the speech
(having the speech as the object would require /jatlh/). And you really
just don't do indirect quotations in Klingon. I don't happen to recall the
issue of HolQeD where this is all laid out nice and plain, but it's true, as
per Marc Okrand.
jatlh SuStel HIvoq
Stardate 1840.4