<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="">Hol vIghojmeH, tlhIngan Hol vImaS. vulqangan Hol vIpar.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">matlh rurbogh nuv’e' Hutlh vulqangan Hol. mughojmoHlaH pagh.<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 2, 2021, at 9:06 AM, SuStel <<a href="mailto:sustel@trimboli.name" class="">sustel@trimboli.name</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/2/2021 7:50 AM, mayqel qunen'oS
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">But
what I've just wondered is this: Why can't we express the "I prefer to
learn Klingon instead of Vulcan" by just placing a {'e' vImaS} after
the {'e' qa'}? I mean like this:
{tlhIngan Hol vIghoj; vulqangan Hol vIghoj 'e' qa' 'e' vImaS}
Granted, stringing together two {'e'}s in a row isn't perhaps the best
thing to do, but that aside, doesn't the sentence above mean too "I
prefer to learn Klingon instead of Vulcan"?</pre>
</blockquote><p class="">Maybe? In English, <i class="">instead of</i> is an adverbial phrase, but
in Klingon <b class="">'e' qa'</b> is a complete sentence. The thing that
is replacing something is a separate complete sentence. When you
yet another complete sentence, <b class="">'e' vImaS,</b> which refers
back to <b class="">'e' qa',</b> are you saying you prefer that it replace
something? Are you saying you prefer the replacement instead of
the original? Is there any significant difference between these?</p><p class="">Your proposed sentence has four independent clauses in it. Are
you sure <b class="">'e' vImaS</b> is referring to the correct clause?</p><p class="">It's <i class="">probably</i> okay, but it's a mess. You'd need a native
speaker to confirm or deny to get a better answer.<br class="">
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