tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Oct 20 13:30:23 2005
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Re: targhmey
- From: Terrence Donnelly <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: targhmey
- Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 13:30:07 -0700 (PDT)
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QeS la' <[email protected]> wrote:ghItlhpu' ter'eS, ja':
>*{nuqDaq 'oHtaH Qe' QaQ'e'?} "Where does a good restaurant continue to be?"
>(to
>which you should reply, "You mean as opposed to the good restaurant that
>keeps
>winking in and out of existence?")
Or as opposed to "the good restaurant that is no longer there". If a Klingon
is informed that their favourite restaurant was knocked down a fortnight
ago, he might be so angry that he might ask "So where is there *still* a
good restaurant?". It's admittedly not going to show up often, but I don't
see it as ungrammatical. Recite the mantra: Context, Context, Context. {{:)
?{qachvamDaq 'oHpu' Qe' QaQ'e'} "There used to be a good restaurant in this building but it
might be gone now."
?{qachvamDaq 'oHta' Qe' QaQ'e'} "There used to be a good restaurant in this building
until the owner closed it."
?{qachvamDaq 'oHlI' Qe' QaQ'e'} "There is still a good restaurant in this building for now."
or, better for that last one:
?{che'ronDaq 'oHlI' lupDujHom'e'} "The shuttle is still on the battlefield (so get a move on
before it leaves!)"
DuHmey law'qu'! 8+)
-- ter'eS
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