[1959] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: The word {quq} (?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sat Nov 6 12:36:27 1993
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From: DSTRADER@delphi.com
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Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1993 15:48:29 -0400 (EDT)
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[Shoulson]vaD:
Did you read my letter to HolQeD (2:3), in which I stated that I seemed
to have found a new use for the pronoun {net}.
To say, "It was difficult <for me> to kill the captain," this new use of
{net} could be utilized:
{HoD vIHoHpu' net Qatlh}
Now, those of you who haven't read that letter, don't ball me out yet. I
found this new function on ST5. One of Cpt. Klaa's first lines in the
movie was subtitled "Difficult to hit," in reference to the small Terran
probe they were targeting. It sounding to me more than anything else like
{qIp net Qatlh}. I think we're dealing with an authentic unpublished
new Okrandian rule that allows {net} to function as the subject of a verb.
AT LEAST if that verb describes a state of being, viz., an adjectivial
verb. It is out of syntax for the verb-subject order, but even so, it seems
valid to me. At least until/unless Okrand contradicts it.
Still, I'm not sure about other verbs (that don't function as adjectivials
such as {quq}). I doubt *{vIbaH 'ej mubaH net quq} is acceptable from what
we know.
latlh vuDmey vIQoyqang
[Guido] wa' - [Guido]pu' Hoch DevwI'
