tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 06 10:49:42 1996
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Re: KLBC - subordinate clauses
>Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 22:17:51 -0800
>From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
>K'Daq writes:
>> I have been trying to say " I am a warrior. I was born with a knife in my
>>hand". (I know...ouch!) But the best I can come up with is.
>>
>> SuvwI' jIH jIboghpu' 'ej taj jInobta'
>>
>> Which at my struggling level says to me : I am a warrior. I was born and I
>>was given a knife.
>{SuvwI' jIH} is fine. Often, {verb-wI' jIH} can be stated more simply as
>{jI-verb}. In this case, however, {SuvwI'} carries a bit more meaning
>than just "one who fights", and {jISuv} "I fight" probably isn't as good
>as "I am a warrior."
DaH bIjang'eghpu'. meqvammo' "pong QaQ 'oH" vIghItlh, 'ej "QaQ pong"
vIghItlhbe'. rapbe' mu'tlheghmey, 'ej rapbe' qechmeychaj. {{-)
~mark