tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 29 07:43:42 1998
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Re: Much ado
According to David Trimboli:
>
> Is {tuv} a verb of state or a verb of activity? If you think you can say
> {loD tuv} "the patient man," then you must accept that {tuv} is a verb of
> state, and therefore you must accept that {yItuv'eghmoH} is the correct
> command to give. (Or, perhaps Lawrence actually meant {petuv'eghmoH}.)
Or perhaps, {petuvchoH!} if we allow ourselves to expand in
this way as someone else suggested...
> Still, this rule is broken sometimes. How about {QaghlIj tIchID; yIyoH!}
> "Have the courage to admit your mistakes"? Is {yoH} a verb of state or a
> verb of activity? Can you say {loD yoH} "brave man"?
vagh tlhInganpu' yoH
I'm uncertain of the number, but it was used this way when
counting items on the audiotape Conversational Klingon.
> SuStel
> Stardate 98324.9
charghwI'