tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 05 12:45:30 1996
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indicating age
>Hmm. According to TKD, "-vaD" means something like "for the benefit of."
>You may have to go back to the old standby of qaStaHvIS. Or perhaps
>something like "wa'maH Hut ben jIbogh." We could use a better way,
>though.
Is there canon for indicating age? {wa'maH Hut jIH} seems too much of an
English idiom, that's why I didn't use it. I like your {wa'maH Hut ben
jIbogh} though. {qaStaHvIS wa'maH Hut DIS jIyIn} sounds too complicated,
in my opinion.
> ~mark
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dave yeung
{toD Duj 'oH toDuj'e'}
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