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Re: S31: {maq} vs. {'e' maq}

QeS lagh ([email protected]) 

ghItlhpu' Paul:

>My guess is that it's either a) in error or b) like /jatlh/.  Which
>doesn't help you any.  :)  I'd probably be inclined to say that, if this
>is "official", it's more likely that /maq/ "proclaim" is like /jatlh/...
>But I would probably use /'e'/ if I were writing it myself.

That's correct. The only verbs of saying that we know are {jatlh} and {ja'}. 
Everything else needs a separate sentence, according to an interview Okrand 
had with charghwI', printed in HolQeD v7n4p2-12:

"In Klingon, you {jatlh} and you {ja'}. That's about it. The guard asked the 
prisoner a question. He replied. He said, [gestures a quotation he never 
quite made]."

I'm not sure whether {maq} would use {'e'}, but the correct form is probably 
one of the following:

ghoS tlhIngan SuvwI' 'e' maq
maq <ghoS tlhIngan SuvwI'> jatlh

But I don't know which one I'd select. Probably the second one, since the 
other verbs that involve speaking don't really use {'e'} either: {tlhob. 
<nuqDaq maH> jatlh.} {jang. <Qo'noSDaq maH> jatlh.} That sort of thing.

QeS lagh

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