tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jan 30 00:00:40 2002
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Re: KLBC: chay' mu'meyvam lo'lu'?
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- Subject: Re: KLBC: chay' mu'meyvam lo'lu'?
- Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 00:00:03 EST
jIjatlh:
>{vIHarlaHbe'! ta' qIp puqvetlh 'e' ngIl puq!}
ja' Voragh:
>though I would drop one of the {puqpu'} since it's a short sentence:
>
> ta' qIp 'e' ngIl puqvetlh!
jatlh ghunchu'wI':
> qatlh reH mu' wa'DIch Danop? qech yajmeH laDwI' DaloSmoH.
>
> Voragh, you consistently suggest that the *first* noun be dropped. Do you
> really find it simpler that way? I'd much rather get the information early
> than to have to wait for the rest of the words before I can know what the
> first phrase is talking about.
For what it's worth (and since it is my sentence), I agree with Voragh. I
first wrote {ta' qIp puqvetlh 'e' ngIl}, for the reason Voragh gives, but
then considered that the subject of {ngIl} would be ambiguous if I didn't
state it. (Although, in reality, who would think it was the emperor who was
daring to be hit by the child?)
-Sengval