[1461] in tlhIngan-Hol
Instrumentals, and just a wee bit more on relative clauses..
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Fri Aug 27 15:37:54 1993
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
From: (Mark E. Shoulson) <shoulson@ctr.columbia.edu>
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 93 13:30:51 -0400
In-Reply-To: Jacques Guy's message of Fri, 27 Aug 1993 15:16:23 +1000 (EST) <93
08270516.AA05939@medici.trl.OZ.AU>
>From: j.guy@trl.OZ.AU (Jacques Guy)
>Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 15:16:23 +1000 (EST)
>So I hold that "pu' vIlaQ Duj vIQaw'pu'" is a sentence made of
>two, consecutive, independent clauses. Test case: how would you
>say "Veni, vidi, vici" in Klingon? jIghoS, vIlegh, vIchargh, no?
>Is it a matter of punctuation then?
That's how I view it, more a matter of punctuation or asyndeton. You're
basically saying "pu' vIlaQ 'ej Duj vIQaw'pu'" but leaving out the "'ej".
I don't think punctuation or conjunctions should have to be mandatory.
~mark
