tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jan 06 16:33:03 2002
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Re: continue
From: "Sean Healy" <[email protected]>
> How would I say that I continue doing something that I was already doing?
> Or I could go for the complete recast and say {jISuv 'e' vImevbe'.}
Within
> the context, that would probably work.
This seems the best to me.
jISoptaH.
jatlh jupwI': SuStel!
jISoptaH 'e' vImevbe'.
jach jupwI'; jatlh: bISoptaH 'e' yImev.
jISoptaH 'e' vImevbe'.
muqIp jupwI'. jatlh: SuStel!!!!!!!!!!
jISoptaH 'e' vImev. jIjatlh: jISopbe' qatlh DaneH?**
jang jupwI'; jatlh: bIpI'choHtaH.
**There is evidence that this should be /qatlh jISopbe' DaneH/. In Star
Trek V Captain Klaa says /reH DIvI' Duj vISuv vIneH/ for "I've always wanted
to fight a Federation ship" (or something close to that). Notice how it
appears to say "I want to always fight a Federation ship," a very different
concept. Whereas in the standard Sentence as Object construction, /'e'/ is
the object (standing in for the previous sentence), Klaa's sentence might be
interpreted as using the previous sentence itself as the object, which puts
the adverbial /reH/ before it. This is all just speculation, however.
SuStel
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