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Re: "Is this seat taken?"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Fri Feb 18 17:49:43 1994
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From: mark <mark@dragonsys.COM>
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.East.Sun.COM>
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 94 17:14:52 EST
charghwI'vo':
> Somehow, I missed that the example on TKD page 171 {quSDaq
> ba'lu''a'} "Is this seat taken?" ["Is it that one sits at the
> seat place?"] was exactly this sort of example.
>
> Given this example, ugly as it is, exists, I forfeit my argument
> and apologize for any stress my stubborness may have caused
> anyone.
'sokay, choom, we all overlook things from time to time. I
should know, I do it from time to time to time to time...
But I don't think the example is ugly IN KLINGON. In literal
English translation, yes; if you're still thinking in terms of
passives and transitives verbs, yes; but on its own terms, it's
not ugly at all. Of course, this is all judgement calls, but if
you still think it's ugly I'd like to know why.
- marqem
Mark A. Mandel
Dragon Systems, Inc. : speech recognition : +1 617 965-5200
320 Nevada St. : Newton, Mass. 02160, USA : mark@dragonsys.com
