tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Oct 02 02:10:48 2001
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Re: never bet on Star Trek trivia...
> > > > Never bet on Star Trek trivia if your opponent speaks Klingon.
> > > > tlhIngan Hol jatlhlaHchugh ghollI' Hov leng ngoDHommey'e' yISuDQo'qu'
...
> Ah, I see what you were doing; I now see why the -'e' is in there. You
> were using it to set the topic. Hmm...
> > > > If not, how is ((not)) used in a negative imperative sentence?
> > > [not] is an adverbial and is placed at the beginning of the sentence.
> > Yeah, but is it ((not yISuD)) or ((not yISuDQo')) ?
> not yISuD
Does that have go at the very beginning of the sentence (after the
subordinate clause?), or merely before the OVS part?
I'm thinking I could address both the above points like this:
tlhIngan Hol jatlhlaHchugh ghollI' Hov leng ngoDHommey'e' not yISuD
Thank you again for your help...
Jiri
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