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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] What does "qu-" mean at the start of a word?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chelsea Knauf)
Thu Mar 26 13:02:31 2015
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From: Chelsea Knauf <chelsea.knauf@gmail.com>
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Still learning, but could it be a typo of {qa}, the verb prefix? {qaja'}
would be "I tell you". I don't know that I've seen a {qu} prefix otherwise.
On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 11:37 AM, Anthony Appleyard <
a.appleyard@btinternet.com> wrote:
> My Klingon to English parser which I am writing, sometimes refuses on
> words starting with "qu-" when translating text, e.g.:-
>
> quja' may mean:-
>
> # <qu> V:[tell|report]
>
> Is this word {quja'} a mistype? Or is there a morpheme "qu" which I have
> omitted from my parser's dictionary, and what is its role in grammar?
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Still learning, but could it be a typo of {qa}, the verb p=
refix? =C2=A0{qaja'} would be "I tell you".=C2=A0 I don't=
know that I've seen a {qu} prefix otherwise.</div><div class=3D"gmail_=
extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 11:37 AM, Ant=
hony Appleyard <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:a.appleyard@btintern=
et.com" target=3D"_blank">a.appleyard@btinternet.com</a>></span> wrote:<=
br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left=
:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">My Klingon to English parser which I am w=
riting, sometimes refuses on words starting with "qu-" when trans=
lating text, e.g.:-<br>
<br>
quja' may mean:-<br>
<br>
# <qu> V:[tell|report]<br>
<br>
Is this word {quja'} a mistype? Or is there a morpheme "qu" w=
hich I have omitted from my parser's dictionary, and what is its role i=
n grammar?<br>
<br>
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