tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jan 31 02:16:50 2002
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Re: KLBC: chay' mu'meyvam lo'lu'?
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: KLBC: chay' mu'meyvam lo'lu'?
- Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 02:16:33 EST
In a message dated 1/29/2002 8:40:22 PM Mountain Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
> ja' Voragh:
> >though I would drop one of the {puqpu'} since it's a short sentence:
> >
> > ta' qIp 'e' ngIl puqvetlh!
>
> 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.
>
> -- ghunchu'wI' 'utlh
>
Long ago Mark Shoulson taught me a new word in English: analepsis. He was
referring to tlhIngan Hol's common usage of stating the subject of the
sentence before using a pronoun later to recall it. I hope I am
understanding the meaning of this word. Ever since then I have consciously
used the subject explicitly in the first phrase of a complex sentence and
referred back to it with a pronoun .
So, I thought this was not just a personal preference. I thought it had been
pointed out that tlhIngan Hol normally works this way.
peHruS