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Re: My first try at tlhIngan Hol KLBC

• From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: My first try at tlhIngan Hol KLBC
• Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 17:26:38 -0400 (EDT)
• In-Reply-To: <l0302090fb1588ed3ad4b@[205.139.170.147]> from "Alan Anderson" at Apr 13, 98 10:33:35 pm

According to Alan Anderson:
> 
> ghon van HI'rIp jang Qov:
> >}*Holland*vo' jIH.
> >
> >maj.
> >[...]
> >'ach *America*vo' ghaH *Bill*'e'.
> >
> >Recognize that construction? :)  It's that same pronoun as to be.
> >Literally: "But as for Bill, he's from America"
> 
> I must protest this usage of pronoun-as-be.  

I agree. For this, I'd offer:

'ach *America*ngan ghaH *Bill*'e'.

> -- ghunchu'wI'

charghwI'

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