<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">I don’t get {‘e’ vIwIvmo’.} SAO, as I’ve always understood it, consists of two complete sentences linked by the pronoun. The second sentence here is a dependent clause. Maybe this is just informal speech, but it seems ungrammatical, as if this is proper grammar for answering a question, but I’m not sure that’s the case.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Consider in English the difference between two answers to “Why are you sad?”:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">1. "Because my nephew just died."</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">2. “My nephew just died.”</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The first version doesn’t add any meaning, and it’s not really grammatically complete. Any answer to a “Why” question is already known to be a reason, so you don’t need to begin it with “Because…”</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As a side note, my nephew just shot himself. I don’t know if truth is stranger than fiction, but it competes admirably well.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Also, instead of {QIpwI’pu’mo’ jIghoHbe’}, I’d go for, {ghoHDI’ QIpwI’pu’, jIjeSQo’}. It just seems clearer as to what my action is. It leaves me the option of actually arguing when those who argue are not fools, whereas if I say that I don’t argue BECAUSE of fools, then since fools perpetually exist, I never get to argue.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">But I get the joke.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">ghojwI’Hom: nuq ‘oH bIQuchtaHmeH mIwlIj’e'?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">ghojmoHwI’’a’: ghoHDI’ qoHpu’, jIjeSQo'.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">ghojwI’Hom: QIpchu' Qechvam.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">ghojmoHwI’’a’: bIlugh. maQochbe’chu’.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 8, 2019, at 2:28 AM, Lieven L. Litaer <<a href="mailto:levinius@gmx.de" class="">levinius@gmx.de</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">After I saw this as an internet meme, it has been in my mind for so long...<br class=""><br class="">- chay' bIQuchtaH?<br class="">- QIpwI'pu'mo' jIghoHbe' 'e' vIwIvmo'.<br class="">- 'ach Dap 'oH mIwvetlh.<br class="">- bIlugh.<br class=""><br class="">- What is your way to happiness?<br class="">- Not to argue with idiots.<br class="">- But that's nonsense.<br class="">- You are right.<br class=""><br class="">--<br class="">Lieven L. Litaer<br class="">aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany"<br class=""><a href="http://www.klingonisch.de" class="">http://www.klingonisch.de</a><br class="">http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/StarTrekDiscovery<br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">tlhIngan-Hol mailing list<br class="">tlhIngan-Hol@lists.kli.org<br class="">http://lists.kli.org/listinfo.cgi/tlhingan-hol-kli.org<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>