[tlhIngan Hol] Peace.. No peace..
SuStel
sustel at trimboli.name
Sun Nov 27 06:12:08 PST 2016
On 11/27/2016 8:45 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
> jIH:
>
> > peHegh
> SuStel:
> > There's a bit of a quandary!
>
> what is a quandary ?
>
A problem.
> SuStel:
>
> > *maghoj'eghmoHlaHbej*
>
> how does this translate exactly ? "we are definitely able to teach
> ourselves" ?
>
Sorry, it should have been *maghojchuqmoHlaHbej.*
**
> SuStel:
> > *nuq wIta' boneH* ?
>
> Obviously this means "what do you want us to do"; but isn't this a
> question as object ?
>
Okrand has done this, in TalkNow!: *nuq Datlhutlh DaneH*/what do you
want to drink?/
This isn't necessarily license to use /any/ question-as-object, but it
seems that simple substitutions like this work.
--
SuStel
http://trimboli.name
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