tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 12 10:15:13 2004
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Re: weQqul's Urdu poem
From: "Steven Boozer" <[email protected]>
> ben chalvaD bI'Ip SoH.
> DaH jIghoS. 'IplIj jIH.
>
> Years ago *you* made an oath to the sky.
> Now I come. *I* am your oath.
I'd like to point out to weQqul that saying the pronoun is not necessarily
the same as emphasis. I know Voragh disagrees with me on this. For
emphasis, you should use the /-'e'/ suffix. Just using an explicit pronoun
can be used for clarity, or, in my opinion, to fill out syllables.
Consider:
Duj tIj tlhIngan. vImuS.
The Klingon boarded the ship. I hate him(?)/it(?).
Which do I hate? The Klingon or the ship? I can clarify:
Duj tIj tlhIngan. ghaH vImuS.
The Klingon boarded the ship. I hate him.
This is not emphasis, it is clarification.
If I use /-'e'/, it would be emphasis.
Duj tIj tlhIngan. ghaH'e' vImuS.
The Klingon boarded the ship. I hate *him*.
The Klingon boarded the ship. It is he whom I hate.
(Presumably I'm saying I hate the Klingon and not the ship, though context
could change this interpretation.)
SuStel
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