tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jun 03 22:32:49 1996

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Re: be' & Ha', KLBC

In a message dated 96-06-02 22:42:36 EDT, you write:

>If you want to say "one must earn knowledge", you simply have to use the
>noun {Sov} as the object of the verb {baj}.  The pronoun {'e'} doesn't
>belong here, since there isn't a previous sentence to refer to.
>
>{Sov bajnISlu'} "one must earn knowledge" or "knowledge must be earned".
>
>-- ghunchu'wI'               batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj

While ghunchu'wI' has corrected the grammar and given a perfect explanation,
I here wish to go a step further.  Had you not put a space between {Sov} and
{'e'}, you would have come up with Sov'e' bajnIslu'.  Although doing this
accidently would not have clarified your understanding of Klingon grammar, it
would have produced a strong, grammatically correct sentence:  "Knowledge,
indeed knowledge, must be earned."

This is aside from your original attempt.  Just an addition.

peHruS

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