tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jun 23 18:17:21 1997
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Re: KLBC: being guilty
- From: "Donald E. Vick" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: being guilty
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 14:48:30 -0700 (PDT)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "David Trimboli" at Jun 21, 97 11:09:28 pm
David Trimboli wrote:
> jatlh Kontay:
>
> > DIv lu'SolaHbe'chu'
> > They are clearly not able to hide their being guilty.
>
> Now, *what* can they not hide? The fact that they are guilty. We don't have
> a verb for "guilt," but we have {DIv} "be guilty." {DIv} can mean "they are
> guilty."
You mean we don't have a *word* for "guilt", qar'a'? Otherwise
I'm not sure what you're getting at. Btw, we do have a noun that
almost means "guilt", {pIch} = "Fault, blame".
wIvqu', law'wI'pu'vaD Holtej jIH
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