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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: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 09:05:47 -0700 (PDT)
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On Fri, 6 Aug 2004, QeS lagh wrote:
> janglu'pu' :
> >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."
>
> HIvqa' veqlargh. Yes, that's what I was aiming for.

I still think I'd go with the /'e'/ construction.  :)  "Proclaim",
according to Dictionary.com, has only a transitive verb form.  Of course,
Klingon isn't English.

Perhaps if /maq/ was put at the end, so that, translating to "(He)
proclaims (it)", where (it) has been contextually defined...  But if you
put it at the end like that, it doesn't seem like such a stretch to use
/'e'/ to specifically identify the object...

...Paul

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