tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jun 07 02:51:49 1994
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Re: Klingon sentences (was: for beginners)
According to [email protected]:
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> ) | I like ~mark's convention: {qaStaHvIS poH nI'} "While a long
> ) | time happens".
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> Say, how come {taH} is part of the above verb? Why couldn't
> one get away with {qaSvIS poH nI'} for the same thing? What
> does {qaSvIS poH nI'} mean if not "While a long time happens"?
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> Thanks,
> --steve
This is the mother of all gotcha clauses of Klingon. TKD page
43, the penultimate line of the page:
"This suffix is always used along with the Type 7 suffix {-taH}.
Go figure.
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