[89850] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Question about question words
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Thu Sep 29 08:58:41 2011
From: "David Trimboli" <david@trimboli.name>
To: "'KLI'" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
In-Reply-To: <SNT106-W9FA8C1E8BDF54CC798ED4A1F60@phx.gbl>
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:58:13 -0400
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
From: Josh Badgley [mailto:joshbadgley@hotmail.com]
> But I also have noticed instances like this from ST3
>
> Kruge: vaj Daleghpu' Then you have seen it?
>
> And from PK
>
> pu'HIch wIj Daleghpu' Have you seen my phaser pistol?
>
> So does that mean that you don't always have to add -'a'? Is it
> grammatically incorrect to add the interrogative particle onto a Type
> 7 suffix like -pu'?
Either they're errors or they follow grammatical rules we haven't been
given. Or both. Usually Okrand will try to "explain" errors with new
rules when an opportunity arises (e.g., word order of toasts).
Best to follow the rules unless you have a special reason not to.
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