8 Dec
2016
8 Dec
'16
8:54 a.m.
On 8 December 2016 at 16:35, Lieven <levinius@gmx.de> wrote:
taj'e', torghvaD matlh nobmoH Qugh or torghvaD taj'e' matlh nobmoH Qugh
= "As for the knife, Kruge causes Maltz to give for the benefit of Torg"
I still think it works, although I agree it looks very awkward.
Same as how others have commented, I also read this as "As for knives, Kruge causes Torg to give Maltz (Maltz is given)". It's grammatical, but unless Maltz is a knife, it makes no sense. Consider: {torghvaD nuH'e' betleH nobmoH Qugh} "As for weapons, Kruge causes Torg to give a bat'leth". Given a complex sentence like this (say, in the SkyBox cards), Okrand's style has been to chop it up, like {torghvaD taj nob matlh. 'e' raD [or {qaSmoH} or whatever] Qugh}. -- De'vID