tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon May 20 10:55:05 2002
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Re: "How fat is he?"
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: "How fat is he?"
- Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 14:54:57 GMT
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> > I *immediately* came up with what I think is the "right" way to translate
> > it in the context you provided:
> >
> > cheb 'ar ngI'?
> > How much does he weigh?
That was my choice as well.
> Here I utterly disagree. That simply does not capture the meaning I
> was going for. "How much does he weigh?" is not at all the same as
> "What is the extent of his fatness?" Especially given the Klingon
> predilection for accuracy, the correct answer to cheb 'ar ngI' would
> be a number. I like your previous solution much better.
If you don't want a number, then you should go more directly for what you want:
rorqu''a'?
If you want something that is more than a simple yes/no, but not a number, then
you ask linked yes/no questions in varying degrees:
ror'a'? rorqu''a'? tlhoy ror'a'?
That or scrap the question construction altogether:
rorlaw'. yIDel!
> --Krankor
Will