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Re: Was KLBC: 2 suffix Type 9 in a whole sentence



At 05:29 98-01-01 -0800, charghwI' wrote:
}On Wed, 31 Dec 1997 11:26:50 -0800 (PST) Eduardo Fonseca 
}<[email protected]> wrote:

}I'll leave it to Qov to respond to your work here. I just feel a 
}nice challenge to translate this myself. Please, do not read 
}further if you want to work on this independently.
} 
}>  " The Chancelor of the High Council is dead result of an unprovoked attack 
}> while he traveled to see you under a flag of truce on a mission of peace". 
}> (The Undiscovered country)
}
}rojmeH Qu'vaD lIghommeH yejquv Qang lengtaHvIS 'ej pagh
}buQtaHvIS HIvlu'mo' Hegh yejquv Qang.
}(wej wo' tu'lu'pu'bogh)

Fair enough.  It can be done in one sentence.  I like breaking it up into
multiple sentences, because the kicker is "the Qang is dead."  I felt it
changed the impact of the statement to give the explanation after the
highlight. 

Qov     [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian                 



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