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Re: nuq mu' 'ej nuq ngoQvaD and KLBC

Scott Willis ([email protected])

From: "Scott Willis" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: nuq mu' 'ej nuq ngoQvaD and KLBC
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 08:28:07 -0500
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "QeS lagh" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: nuq mu' 'ej nuq ngoQvaD and KLBC

HIvqa' veqlargh!
Sorry this took so long.

> QeS lagh:
> Now a KLBC question: How far can we extend the idea of {nuq} as a
> pronoun-as-verb? I know that {Dujvetlh 'oH nuq} means "what is that
ship?",
> and both {nuq 'oH} and {'oH nuq} mean "what is it?", but can we indeed say
> {nuq Dujvetlh} "what is that ship?" (And conversely, would {Dujvetlh nuq}
> work?)

Absolutely. From Conversational Klingon, we have:

{Dochvam nuq?}
"What is it?"

and

{nuq mI'lIj, tera'ngan?}
"What is your number, Terran?"

That's about as solid as proof gets in this language. }}: )

--ngabwI'
Beginners' Grammarian,
Klingon Language Institute
http://kli.org/
HovpoH 701314.9

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