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Re: it; SIS

David Trimboli ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol po'wI']

From: "Alan Anderson" <[email protected]>

> ja' SuStel:
> >Don't tell me the subject of /SIS/ is self-evident unless you can back it
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> p
> >with proof that you find it self-evident =8B by telling me what it is.
If =
> you
> >can't, just admit that you don't know.  We know how to use the word to
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> r
> >to the weather, but the full usage is not known.
>
> majIv reH 'e' Daqapmo' jIberghchoH.  qatlh Sovna'maj DatennIS?  not ngoD
> Sovlu'pu' 'e' DaQub'a', DalIjpu'chugh SoH?

Because despite the number of people who have answered this thread, not
one -- including you, has actually ANSWERED the question: when referring to
the current weather, what is the subject of /SIS/?

This has nothing to do with my memory -- I've given plenty of opportunity
for people to answer the question.

> >Here's an excerpt of DloraH's original message to the list, dated May 28,
> >1998:
> >
> >--------
> >SIS
> >SISqu'
> >SIStaH
> >SISchoH
> >All correct.
> >SISlu', altho grammaticlly correct, he didn't particularly like.  Someone
> >COULD use it but to me it sounds like they skipped science class and
don't
> >know what the subject is.
> >You can also give it an object and say things like the clouds rained down
> >cats and dogs. ...or something like that; you get the idea.
> >But when Marc and I went outside and drops of water were falling on us,
he
> >looked up and simply said "SIS".
> >--------
> >
> >So Klingons DO know what the subject is.  *WE* don't.  We know how to use
> >it, but not why we use it that way.  But Klingons know why.
>
> nuqjatlh?  SISwI' wISovchu' jay'!  QIjbogh mu'mey Damuchta'qu'!
>
> What do you mean, "*WE* don't"?  You just quoted it!  I'll quote it again:
>
> >You can also give it an object and say things like the clouds rained down
> >cats and dogs. ...or something like that; you get the idea.

So a Klingon sticks his hand out the window and announces, /SIS/.  You ask,
/SIS nuq?/  The Klingon, feeling patient, answers the question.  What is his
answer?

SuStel
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