[tlhIngan Hol] The book of our good captain

mayqel qunenoS mihkoun at gmail.com
Thu Jul 14 03:46:30 PDT 2016


{chay' Duj chenmoHlu' 'e' vISov vIneH}

If we disregard the {chay'}, then we have "I want to know that someone
creates a ship".

According to what was written so far, the {chay'} produces : "how do I
want to know that someone creates a ship ?"

Which doesn't make sense.

On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 12:56 PM, Lieven <levinius at gmx.de> wrote:
> Thanks for all your opinions. It made me think about this, and I'm slowly
> changing my mind about that.
>
> Am 14.07.2016 um 11:31 schrieb De'vID:
>>
>> I think the idea that QAO constructions are illegal is a rule the
>> community accidentally made up because people were confused about
>> terminology.
>
>
> Actually, this "accidental rule" was one of the first things I learned at
> the mailing list when I joined it twenty years ago, so it remeind stuck in
> my brain very intensely.
>
> I still remember my question of 1997, maybe it's time to ask again. What
> woul you think about this phrase? When I wrote it the first time, I tought
> it to be correct based on TKD:
>
> {chay' Duj chenmoHlu' 'e' vISov vIneH}
>
> --
> Lieven L. Litaer
> aka Quvar valer 'utlh
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