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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Question marks next to nouns
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (De'vID)
Thu Aug 31 06:54:00 2017
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From: "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 12:53:56 +0200
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On Aug 28, 2017 10:52, "Lieven" <levinius@gmx.de> wrote:
Am 26.08.2017 um 07:15 schrieb De'vID:
> Star Trek V has a line spoken by Klaa that goes {'entepray'? qIrq Duj
> 'oH.} It might be an exclamation rather than a question, though it's
> phrased kind of like a rhetorical question.
>
Actually, he says {'entepray''a'?}, obviously breaking (or bending?) the
rule that {-'a'} is only a verb suffix, but it's clearly a yes/no question.
In the TKD section on pronunciation, it says that an echo follows {'} if
the speaker is excited. That might be what's happening there.
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<div dir=3D"auto"><div><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gma=
il_quote">On Aug 28, 2017 10:52, "Lieven" <<a href=3D"mailto:l=
evinius@gmx.de">levinius@gmx.de</a>> wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blo=
ckquote class=3D"quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc sol=
id;padding-left:1ex"><div class=3D"quoted-text">Am 26.08.2017 um 07:15 schr=
ieb De'vID:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Star Trek V has a line spoken by Klaa that goes {'entepray'? qIrq D=
uj 'oH.} It might be an exclamation rather than a question, though it&#=
39;s phrased kind of like a rhetorical question.<br>
</blockquote>
<br></div>
Actually, he says {'entepray''a'?}, obviously breaking (or =
bending?) the rule that {-'a'} is only a verb suffix, but it's =
clearly a yes/no question.</blockquote></div></div></div><div dir=3D"auto">=
<br></div><div dir=3D"auto">In the TKD section on pronunciation, it says th=
at an echo follows {'} if the speaker is excited. That might be what=
9;s happening there.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">--=
=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"auto">De'vID</div><div dir=3D"auto"></div></div=
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