[3531] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: KLBC "Parrot"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Wed Mar 2 12:39:44 1994
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From: mark <mark@dragonsys.COM>
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Date: Wed, 02 Mar 94 11:57:35 EST
qorvo':
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----- When I parsed out that last sentence I got;
jatlhlaHlaw'bogh : which is seemingly able to speak
Ha'DIbaH : animal
'oH : it (pronoun)
Sajvam'e' : this Pet (Topic)
I beleive this translates to "This pet is an animal which is seemingly
able to speak." If I got that right, why is the pronoun 'oH needed here?
Why not; jatlhlaHlaw' Ha'DIbah Sajvam'e'
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Because of the way Klingon constructs copulative sentences.
(Wipe that snicker off your face, and look it up in your Funk &
Wagnall's!) See TKD 6.3, pp. 67-68.
OTOH, on the assumption that a Saj has to be a Ha'DIbaH, you
could just say
jatlhlaHlaw' Sajvam
and be done with it.
- marqem
Mark A. Mandel
Dragon Systems, Inc. : speech recognition : +1 617 965-5200
320 Nevada St. : Newton, Mass. 02160, USA : mark@dragonsys.com
