On 11/19/2021 6:54 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
De'vID:
Maybe it should be {pu' DIlo'chugh, maQap; yan DIlo' 'e' qa'}. I'm afraid I can't understand this. The way I read it is "If we use phasers we'll win, instead of using swords". Shouldn't there be a {-chugh} on the {yan DIlo'} too?
You're right: saying it De'vID's way seems to say we use phasers, and we'll win instead of using swords. I don't think either version works.
SuStel:
Maybe this can be simplified using the common shortcuts like so: pu' DIlo'chugh, maQap; yan qa'. If we use phasers, we will succeed. It replaces swords. I don't know whether this works in the more formal style, however. I can't understand this either. Could you please explain the reasons which make you have doubts as to whether this could work in the formal style?
I misspoke a bit. The *yan qa'* version isn't the informal style; it's just the version /instead/-ing a noun instead of a sentence. But now I don't think this quite works either, for a reason similar to De'vID's. It seems to say /We win instead of swords, /whatever that means. I just don't see a good way of making an instead-construction conditional. We either need to break it into multiple sentences or get word from on high about how to do it. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name