[89272] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: ngIq
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robyn Stewart)
Tue Aug 30 20:02:29 2011
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:53:14 -0700
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: Robyn Stewart <robyn@flyingstart.ca>
In-Reply-To: <BAY166-W495D613B6F4F0185717C8AA170@phx.gbl>
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lugh QeS.
At 16:14 30/08/2011, you wrote:
>ghItlhpu' Lucifuge Rofocale, jatlh:
> > I found myself constructing the dialogue "QIHvam chenmoHta' Duj
> 'ar?" "wa' Duj.
> >Duj tInqu' ngIq."
> > "How many ships caused this devastation?" "One ship. A single
> very big ship."
>
>jangpu' Qov, jatlh:
> >vIparHa` jIH.
>
>vIpar jIH'e'. Not that I dislike the intended *meaning* necessarily, but the
>examples we saw from the 'u' libretto clearly establish {ngIq} as a
>noun rather
>than a verb, so the word order should be different: {wa' Duj. ngIq
>Duj tInqu'}.
>
>QeS 'utlh
>
>
