[tlhIngan Hol] splitting up quotations

De'vID de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com
Thu Apr 14 06:12:53 PDT 2022


On Thu, 14 Apr 2022 at 14:45, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:

> On 4/14/2022 7:56 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
> > Instead of
> >
> > 'arlogh jIjatlhnIS <jISaHbe'>
> >
> > Can I say
> >
> > 'arlogh <jISaHbe'> jIjatlhnIS?
>
> Not according to the rules. Quotations take one of two forms:
>
> <quotation> <sentence of saying>
> <sentence of saying> <quotation>
>
> You can't put one sentence inside the other.
>

Also, even if it were allowed, putting the {'arlogh} on the other side of
the quotation makes it look like part of the quotation:
{'arlogh jISaHbe'?} jIjatlhnIS.

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De'vID
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