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Re: Dr Okrand Speaks -- ben

• From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
• Subject: Re: Dr Okrand Speaks -- ben
• Date: Mon, 16 Dec 96 13:07:10 EST

ja' Okrand quv:
> The word ben can be used to mean "years old," but in
> Klingon, one doesn't say "I am x years old."

maj.  lI'qu' De'vam.

> "I am 40 years old" would be expressed as:
> loSmaH ben jIboghpu'

{-pu'}?!  I'd like to know why the perfective is appropriate here. 
There are a couple of weaselish arguments I could come up with, but 
this seems to me like a misapplication of perfective.

-- ghunchu'wI'

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