tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Mar 25 00:05:34 2002
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Re: KLBC: {-be'}
From: "Rohan Fenwick" <[email protected]>
> His
> head doesn't contain the entire Klingon language; perhaps this rule
> resembles the English sentence "He saw John and I in the park". If we want
> to be strictly accurate on the general rule, English grammar says "Objects
> go in the accusative case". But we say "He saw John and I in the park"
> anyway, because when we say this sentence, that rule doesn't work. We need
> to use a different one.
Erm . . . no, "He saw John and I in the park" is just wrong, not a different
rule. I'm a native English speaker! Those Klingon linguists can come and
ask me as they study the language! *We* do not say this; maybe you do, but
I certainly don't! :)
SuStel
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