tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Feb 28 12:35:51 1998
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wa'netlh Qapla' (Was: Re: *Elvish* Hol)
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: wa'netlh Qapla' (Was: Re: *Elvish* Hol)
- Date: Sat, 28 Feb 1998 12:34:13 -0800
At 21:07 98-02-27 -0800, Qob wrote:
>"I have not failed 10,000 times. I have successfully found 10,000 ways
> that will not work." -- Thomas A. Edison
}Hmmm...
}
}"wa'netlhlogh jIlujbe'pu'. Qapbe'bogh wa'netlh mIw vItu'meH jIQappu'."
}
}qar'a'?
I'd use {Qapbe'bogh wa'netlh mIw vISammeH jIQap...} and then I pause to
wonder whether Edison meant {-pu'} or {-ta'}. Which do you think?
}yIloS! SeHlawDaj qIp Qov nach 'e' vIQoy'a'? {{:-)
}
}SKI: Qob translates the quotation and pokes gentle fun at Qov.
qech Damughmo' SeHlawwIj SoH qoj SaqIpbe'.
(Hmm, I've never had to think about whether (you + it) was a second or third
person object before. But a plural object including "you" must be "you
(plural)").
Qov [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian