tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Dec 23 07:19:40 1998
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Re: My old neighbor
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: My old neighbor
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 01:05:30 -0500
From: William H. Martin <[email protected]>
>In Klingon {ngo'} is not as ambiguous
>as "old" in English, but if {nI'} can be used adjectivally to
>describe an aspect of a noun which is not limited to time
>related nouns, like {poH}, then this should work fine.
Why should {nI'} be able to describe an aspect of a noun, rather than a
noun? {nI'} means "be lengthy (in duration)," and {jIl nI'} means "the
neighbor who is lengthy in duration." Nonsense. You're trying to describe
the time over which you've known the neighbor, not the neighbor himself.
SuStel
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