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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Question regarding purpose clauses
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Felix Malmenbeck)
Mon Apr 30 16:59:22 2012
From: Felix Malmenbeck <felixm@kth.se>
To: ghunchu'wI' 'utlh <qunchuy@alcaco.net>, Klingon language email discussion
forum <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:55:59 +0000
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I personally think it's quite useful for discussing, for instance, whether =
or not something is possible; for example, when asking if it's possible tha=
t a certain event has taken place and -laH dors not provide a way. I freque=
ntly use sentences like {wej pa' pawmeH vay' DuH'a'} ("Is it possible that =
no one had gotten there yet?"), because I find that they're sometimes more =
elegant than alternative solutions.
That being said, whether or not that's a good example, I'd recommend agains=
t assessinga whole grammatical construct as uninteresting; you never know w=
hen ut might come in handy.
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From: ghunchu'wI' 'utlh [qunchuy@alcaco.net]
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 22:43
To: Klingon language email discussion forum
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Question regarding purpose clauses
Felix Malmenbeck <felixm@kth.se> wrote:
> The question really is: Is this evidence of a new grammatical tool that w=
e can employ when trying to express ourselves?
jISaHbe'. wIlo'chugh, ghaytan maQumchu'be'. maQumchu' vIneH. vaj
vIlo'Qo' jIH. qaq DuHmey pIm.
The answer to that question does not interest me.
If it is evidence of anything in particular, it is of a not
particularly effective tool. Employing that tool outside specific
contexts will result in our expressing ourselves poorly. There are
many such =ABnuH vaQHa'=BB in our toolbox. Trying to use them well might
be an interesting intellectual exercise, but I do not believe it
serves what I think is the goal of using language: communication.
-- ghunchu'wI'
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