tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 24 10:55:28 1996
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Re: mu'tlheghmeywIj chorghDIch vImugh
- From: "HurghwI'" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: mu'tlheghmeywIj chorghDIch vImugh
- Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1996 10:54:56 -0800
jatlh Ken:
>How about this.......
>
>>>Date: Sun, 22 Dec 1996 12:13:46 -0800
>>>From: "HurghwI'" <[email protected]>
>>>
>>>"It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it."
>>>veS qabqu'be'chugh 'oH wIparHa'qu'choH
>>
>>You have "veS" before the verb; it should be after. It's the subject of
>>"not being bad" right?
>>
>
>qabqu'be' veS pagh chaq wIparHa'qu'choH, maj!
>War is really bad or perhaps we will start liking it, Good!
You're saying: "Either war is really bad, or we like it - pick one." The
"or" here isn't the same as pagh. Plus, reading this, you can't tell what is
good . . . that we might like war, or that it's terrible.
-HurghwI'