On 9/29/2017 1:25 PM, nIqolay Q wrote:
The verb {Hech} is given as "intend, mean to".
However I wonder.. does it always have to have the meaning "mean to" ?
For example, can we say:
{{juH} vIHechbe'; {jul} vIHech} I didn't mean {juH}, I meant {jul}
Makes sense to me. At worst, I'd probably interpret it as a short or clipped version of something like *<juH> vIghItlh 'e' vIHechbe'. <jul> vIghItlh 'e' vIHech.* /"I didn't mean to write 'juH', I meant to write 'jul'." /(Or replace *vIghItlh* with *jIjatlh* for spoken Klingon.) My guess is that most uses of *Hech* will have an *'e'*, but I don't see why it couldn't work with a noun object now and then.
A clipped form of something long that just /happens/ to exactly resemble something shorter that is the Englishy way you want to say it anyway is just a /little/ too convenient for my tastes. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name