On 7/23/2018 3:14 PM, qurgh lungqIj wrote:
On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 3:07 PM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com <mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com>> wrote:
There is something I don't understand with regards to the additional definition of "whereas" which was given to the {'ach}.
How is it possible to write a sentence, where the reader will understand only the "whereas", instead of the other meanings of {'ach} ?
~ nI'ghma
Use the idiom that came with it. I'd say something like:
{Ha'DIbaH neH Sop loDnal 'ach, ro' mojchugh ghIt, naH neH Sop be'nalDaj} "The husband eats only meat, whereas his wife eats only vegetables"
{mIp ghowron 'ej ngeD yInDaj 'ach, ro' mojchugh ghIt, mIpHa' torgh 'ej Qatlhqu' yInDaj} "Gowron is rich and his life is easy, whereas Torg is poor and his life is very difficult"
But is /whereas/ simply a synonym for /but,/ or is there some subtle difference? The idiomatic expression appears to be an alternative to using *'ach* as /whereas,/ but it is not made clear what the difference between /but/ and /whereas/ is supposed to be. Dictionary.com defines this kind of /but/ as "on the contrary," and /whereas /as "while on the contrary." Not much difference there. It looks like Okrand is using /whereas/ to contrast two approximately equal alternatives, and that this is somehow different from ordinary /but./ If this is the case, then *'ach* meaning both of them means Klingon doesn't distinguish this meaning except with the idiomatic expression. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name