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

...Paul ([email protected])

• From: "...Paul" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: S31: {maq} vs. {'e' maq}
• Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 18:06:10 -0700 (PDT)
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On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, QeS lagh wrote:
> 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.

I don't understand what the second one means...  The first one works fine,
"The klingon warrior approaches is what he/she proclaimed".  In the second
one, what's the subject/object of /maq/?  It looks like the spoken phrase
is the subject of /maq/ but that doesn't make sense to me...

Out of these two, I'd definitely go with the first.  Unless you're just
missing a period:

maq.  <ghoS tlhIngan SuvwI'> jatlh.
"He proclaimed.  He said the Klingon warrior approaches."

...Paul

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