tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Oct 26 07:09:47 1997
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Re: plans
- From: Marian Schwartz <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: plans
- Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 10:05:51 -0500
ghItlh charghwI'
>This is one of those indirect, wandering English sentences. "I
>want to know when the ship was built." A Klingon would just ask,
>"When was the ship built?" Humans like to use extra words.
Or -- a Terran without looking at the phrasebook to TKD might say {nuqDaq
'oH puchpa''e' 'e' DaSov'a'?} Cute in English, but unnecessary in Klingon.
Qapla'
qoror