tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Feb 25 21:48:21 2007
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Re: Topic (was: Re: Dilbert Comic in Klingon for February 9, 2007)
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: Topic (was: Re: Dilbert Comic in Klingon for February 9, 2007)
- Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:46:58 EST
In a message dated 2/25/2007 5:01:42 PM Central Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
> ghItlhpu' 'ISqu', ja':
> >Based on the description of {â??'e'} in TKD plus the canon
> >examples of its use, {wa'ben'e' qatoy'taH} can still be
> >interpreted as "It was a year ago that I was serving you,"
> >the implication being that it was not, say, a month ago,
> >(with -'e' marking focus, rather than topic).
>
> Intriguing. The sentence-initial position of time stamps means that there's
> no way for us to distinguish between the topic- and focus-marking functions
> of {-'e'} here.
>
Except context, of course.
lay'tel SIvten
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