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KLBC - pabwIj vIlughmoH 'ej mu'tlheghmey chu' vIqon



KLBC - pabwIj vIlughmoH 'ej mu'tlheghmey chu' vIqon


> > yepqu'chu' Hur'Iq tlhIngan yejquv ja'taHneSvIS.
>
> /-neS/ doesn't indicate *Hur'Iq*'s respect to the people he is
> addressing.  It indicates your, the speaker of the sentence,'s respect

> for the person you are addressing. (Love my abuse of English 's?)
>

I just wanted to stick a type-8 suffix between taH and vIS SO BAD,  aw
well...

> errors in one posting.  Your assignment: five good demonstrations of
> the usefulness of /-moH/.  The /'oH/ is pretty redundant there.
>
lojmIt yIngaQmoH!  "Lock the door!"
chImDI' HIvje'wIj SIbI' DanaQnISmoH.  "When my cup is empty you need to
fill it immediately."
HuD yIrammoHQo'. jenqu'.  "Don't trivialize the mountain. It is very
high."
bIyepHa'chugh 'etlhlIj DajejHa'moHbej.  "If you are careless you will
certainly dull your blade."
pepIl'eghmoH 'ach pepIlchuHmoH!  "Motivate yourselves and motivate each
other!"

> Now for /-bogh/, try
> "I dislike the tribble that you are stroking."
> "The tribble I am stroking saved my father."
> "How can a grain-stealing tribble save anyone?"
> "Don't insult the animal I admire."
>
yIH DayachtaHbogh vIpar.
vavwI' toDpu' yIH vIyachtaHbogh.
chay' vay' toDlaH tIr nIHtaHbogh yIH?
Ha'DIbaH vIHo'bogh yItIch.

> And make up one or two more of your own.
>
'up Ha'DIbaH DaHo'bejbogh.  "The animal you so admire is repulsive."
muparHa'bogh vIparHa'.  "I like people who like me."

> Why do my sentences *always* seem to involve tribbles?
>
Sovbe' pagh.

> ==
> Qov - Beginners' Grammarian
>


- tuv'el, pach puqloD




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