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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] question words in noun-noun constructions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SuStel)
Mon Aug 21 10:13:39 2017
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On 8/21/2017 10:03 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
> 'oqranD:
>> jarlIj qaq nuq?
>> The answer to the question yIH nuq? ("What is a tribble?") would presumably be a
>> definition or description of a tribble. This being the case, then, the answer to the question
>> jarlIj qaq nuq? ("What is your preferable month?") would presumably be a definition of "your
>> favorite month".
> According the above, the answer to the {qaq nuq wornagh Sar ?},
> wouldn't be "the name of the preferable variety", but "the definition
> of the preferable variety".
>
> However, would we have the same problem, if instead of the verb {qaq}
> we had another verb ?
>
> If we wrote {DuropmoH nuq wornagh Sar ?} for "which ale variety made
> you sick ?", would we have the same problem ? I mean, would this
> actually ask for "the definition of the variety which made you sick" ?
**qaq nuq wornagh Sar* doesn't seek a definition of the preferable
variety; it seeks a definition of the warnog variety. *nuq wornagh
Sar*/what is a warnog variety?/ Phrased the way Okrand does, it is
*wornagh Sar nuq.*
The correct way to say /which ale variety made you sick?/ is
*DuropmoHpu'bogh HIq Sar yIngu'.*
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/21/2017 10:03 AM, mayqel qunenoS
wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">'oqranD:
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<pre wrap="">jarlIj qaq nuq?
The answer to the question yIH nuq? ("What is a tribble?") would presumably be a
definition or description of a tribble. This being the case, then, the answer to the question
jarlIj qaq nuq? ("What is your preferable month?") would presumably be a definition of "your
favorite month".
</pre>
</blockquote>
<pre wrap="">According the above, the answer to the {qaq nuq wornagh Sar ?},
wouldn't be "the name of the preferable variety", but "the definition
of the preferable variety".
However, would we have the same problem, if instead of the verb {qaq}
we had another verb ?
If we wrote {DuropmoH nuq wornagh Sar ?} for "which ale variety made
you sick ?", would we have the same problem ? I mean, would this
actually ask for "the definition of the variety which made you sick" ?</pre>
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<p><b>*qaq nuq wornagh Sar</b> doesn't seek a definition of the
preferable variety; it seeks a definition of the warnog variety. <b>nuq
wornagh Sar</b><i> what is a warnog variety?</i> Phrased the way
Okrand does, it is <b>wornagh Sar nuq.</b></p>
<p>The correct way to say <i>which ale variety made you sick?</i>
is <b>DuropmoHpu'bogh HIq Sar yIngu'.</b><br>
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