tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Mar 17 07:39:54 2003
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Re: KLBC sentences 3/13/03
> The answer to such a question should be the command, the order:
> {'enterpray' yIQaw'}
>
> So I'd rephrase the whole thing like we do with indirect speech:
> {mura' ra'wI'wI': 'enterpray' yIQaw'}
> "my commander commands me: destroy the enterprise"
>
> {'enterpray' yIQaw'; mura' ra'wI'wI'}
> "destroy the enterprise, my commander orders me."
The yI- prefix suggests a quote here and so would require a speaking verb;
jatlh or ja'.
DloraH