tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 12 03:56:38 1996
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Re: translation
- From: "A.Appleyard" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: translation
- Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 11:56:10 GMT
- Organization: Materials Science Centre
- Priority: normal
I wrote:-
> {DIvI' wIQaw' 'e' batlhmaj} = "That we destroy the Federation, is our
> honour"; but how to make it clear that the destruction is neither actual nor
> likely but merely hypothetical or a wish?
> Would {DIvI' wIQaw'jaj 'e' batlhmaj} be correct or suitable?
> Otherwise, as I said before, it would be useful if Marc revealed an "unreal
> or hypothetical" verb suffix like the Ancient Greek "an" or "ken".
Sorry. the same error again. Read:-
{DIvI' wIQaw'(jaj) 'e' 'oH batlhmaj 'e'}