1 Oct
2024
1 Oct
'24
10:05 a.m.
On 10/1/2024 9:42 AM, SuStel via tlhIngan-Hol wrote:
On 9/30/2024 5:15 AM, Luis via tlhIngan-Hol wrote:
1. *tlhIngan Hol jatlh chaH* cannot be an instance of the "prefix trick" (meaning "They speak Klingon to them") because there is another possible interpretation, i.e. a direct quotation with no object, so no "prefix trick" is being used and the sentence can only mean "They say: 'Klingon language'". Right?
Right.
Well, it's technically correct, but what I forgot to mention is that it'll probably be interpreted as a mistaken attempt to say *tlhIngan Hol lujatlh chaH, *rather than an attempt to say /They say, Klingon language./ Unless the quotation version is already expected by the listener. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name