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Re: KLBC - attempt at translation

• From: [email protected]
• Subject: Re: KLBC - attempt at translation
• Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 22:05:27 -0400
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> > wa'DIch: qanob yInmeymaj, joHwI'
> > lit. I give you our lives, joHwI'
> 
> Remember that word order in Klingon is Object, Verb, Subject (OVS).
> /yInmeymaj qanob, joHwI'/ translates what you asked for.  Should it
> really be "*I* give you our lives," or "*we* give you..."?  The latter is
> /yInmeymaj pInob/.
> 
I had thought *I* since the wa'DIch is making the pledge of behalf of the crew... 

Kreth

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