[85932] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [KLBC?] word order and sentence in General.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI' 'utlh)
Wed Jun 24 17:13:43 2009
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Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:12:26 -0400
From: "ghunchu'wI' 'utlh" <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Thorwald Peeters <qlingon@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> qavan, ghoj[moH]wI'pu' QeDwI'pu' je
({QeD} is a noun. You probably want to say {tejpu'}.)
> Hoch jajmey rur DaHjaj. jIcheghbej, yIHonQo'
> Today is like any other day, I'll be back. without a doubt.
>
There's probably some room for debate over whether {jaj} should be plural,
and I would likely have added {'e'} before {yIHonQo'}, but it seems okay to
me as it is. It's definitely fine in an extemporaneous context, where you're
not putting significant effort into perfecting every syllable.
(Since {-bej} already carries the idea of certainty, {yIHonQo'} might be
considered overkill, but that's more of a stylistic decision than a
grammatical one.)
-- ghunchu'wI'
