[tlhIngan Hol] Hech

[nIqolay Q]

On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 1:40 PM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:
>
> I do think there are ways to use *Hech* that don't involve *'e'.* Here's
> an example:
>
> nablIj wIlajchugh qaS Qugh. nab vIHechbogh jIH wIlajchugh maQapchu'.
>
> *toH!* So the question here is not whether *Hech* needs a *'e'*, but more
specifically whether a quoted word itself can be considered as an intended
outcome, with the implication of something intended to have been written or
spoken.

(This is the sort of situation where the "avoid being too Englishy" lobe of
my brain starts acting up. Is this an English affectation I should avoid?
Or is it the sort of obvious metaphor that most languages might develop
naturally and I'm just being needlessly pedantic? This comes up a lot for
me.)
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