[3580] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Complex sentences and question words
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Fri Mar 4 15:35:24 1994
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From: Captain Krankor <krankor@codex.prds.cdx.mot.com>
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.East.Sun.COM>
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 94 12:49:00 -0700
> >be'nI'lI' ghaH. qatlh 'e' qaja'ta'
> Okay, I held off to let the grammarians (who were addressed directly on
>this one) to go to it first, in a rare act of self control. Okay, I'll admit
>it. I wrote a reply and changed the address to my own instead of to the list.
>
> So please explain to me why {ja'} gets {'e'} here when TKD says that
>verbs of saying don't need it? Option 2 and 3 are exactly the same if you
>take {'e'} out of it, which is what *I* humbly think ought to happen.
>
>charghwI'
I refer you to my HolQeD article on the subject. I think it was 2.3. The
one that deals with "'e' neHbe' vavwI'" from strek VI.
--Krankor
