indeed, you're right ; and this uncertainty, with regards to the exact target of {chaq} or {-law'}, is the problem here. I was interested in finding a way to focus the intended meaning on the desired part of the sentence. So, I thought the little-sentence-in-dashes solution. of course now the question would be "would a klingon mind understand this method of specifying things" ? and of course this solution is definitely "human influenced/oriented.." but for the moment, its the only solution I can find. let alone the fact, that klingon is primarily a spoken language, so what would be wrong with accepting methods of expression which stem from real life conversation. mayqel On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 3:48 PM, SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:
On 6/18/2016 5:30 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
{verenganarvo' naDev pawlaw' (Hat SeHmeH janwIj)}. With the intended meaning being "but the air conditioner, apparently came here from ferenginar".
The greek/english original sentence, wishes to express the "seemingly/apparently" meaning, with regards to "where the a/c came from" ; not with regards to "its arrival".
But when I shoved the {-law'} on the {paw}, the "seemingly/apparently" meaning went on the {paw}. So the klingon sentence took the meaning : "but the airconditioner (seemingly arrived = i.e. perhaps it didn't arrive) from ferenginar)"
-law' doesn't only apply to the verb; it applies to the entire sentence. verenganarvo' naDev pawlaw'pu' Hat SeHmeH janwIj my temperature-control device arrived here from Ferenginar—I believe this to be true. It doesn't say which part of the sentence is uncertain—maybe you're not sure it has arrived here instead of somewhere else; maybe you're not sure it came from Ferenginar; maybe you're not sure it is the air conditioner that arrived; maybe you're not sure it arrived anywhere at all.
I can't place the {-law'} on a noun, so my next thought would be : "why don't I use an adverb".
But even if I wrote {chaq verenganarvo' naDev paw (Hat SeHmeH janwIj)}, then again there would be a problem. Since the adverb refers to the verb, then again the meaning would be "perhaps it arrived'. So dead end again.
I would never have interpreted chaq in this sentence to refer only to the verb; I'd have applied it to the entire sentence, just like -law'.
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