tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Feb 19 11:07:04 2003
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Re: SIv
Sangqar writes:
>
> >Can someone refresh my memory on what Okrand said
> >about the word {SIv}?
>
> From a post to msn.onstage.startrek.expert.okrand, 01 Jul 1997 (later
> reprinted in HolQeD 7:2):
>
> All four words asked about (tul "hope," Qub "think," Sov "know," and SIv
> "wonder") can be used in the construction S 'e' V, where S is a sentence,
> 'e' is the pronoun ("that") which refers to a previous topic (in this case
> S), and V is one of the verbs listed above (as well as some others).
>
Great, thanks. Basically as I remembered it. What I was unclear on was whether the
S part was indicative or interrogative; looks like indicative.
[...]
> tlhIngan Hol Dajatlh 'e' vISIv "I wonder if you speak Klingon"
> (vISIv "I wonder it")
>
[...]
>
>
> I've seen the second one paraphrased on this list as:
>
> MO has said "I wonder about SIv"
>
> which makes it sound as though he actually were making a joke.
>
I would not be at all surprised.
> >-- ter'eS
>
> Sangqar
>
-- ter'eS