ok, I understand everything written so far, and I will use these suggestions in the future. I just a final question.. If I write {Dochmeyvam bIH Dochmeyvam'e':}, then would it be possible for whatever follows the colon to refer to the {Dochmeyvam'e'}, or the only possible interpretation of the sentence would be that the {Dochmeyvam'e'} are the {Dochmeyvam} ? qunnoq On Aug 17, 2017 16:15, "Lieven" <levinius@gmx.de> wrote:
Am 17.08.2017 um 15:09 schrieb SuStel:
It's called a colon
Uh - yeah. I meant that, but spelled it wrong. HIvqa' veqlargh!
In normal speaking, I wouldn't rely on this. Just put your list in the
normal place: *Doch wa', Doch cha', Doch wej je bIH Dochmeyvam'e'.*
I just remembered a canon example from ST5. Only partially used in the film, but from Okrand's notes:
vubpu' jonta' HeSwI'. wa' vub ghaH tlhIngan gharwI''e'. wa' ghaH tera'ngan'e'.
I don't have the translation at hand, I'd say this would use a colon in English:
"Hostages have been taken: One Klingon diplomat and one Terran."
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