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Re: Questions and Inflections

• From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Questions and Inflections
• Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 13:30:53 -0400
• References: <54HBIFWQCD9IHUM41CB82PM54RPVP.3d297949@pc> <a05111b04b950770b3623@[151.25.138.161]> <[email protected]>

From: <[email protected]>
> > 'a'.
> > (really?)
>
> -'a' is only a suffix.  You need a verb.
>
> For this one I would suggest qar.
>
> qar'a'?  "right?", "really?".
> literally it is "Is it accurate?"

While I agree with you completely, let's keep in mind something we hear in
Star Trek V:

Klaa:
'entepray' 'a'?
Enterprise?

Now, was this a verb suffix illegally attached to a noun?  Was it the
Klingon equivalent of "huh?"  Just something to think about.

SuStel
Stardate 2520.8

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