tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 02 13:20:41 1999
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RE: KLBC: *list vIDoHHa'
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: *list vIDoHHa'
- Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 13:21:38 -0700
jatlh Nelson Lamoureux:
> jIvumtaH.
> poH vIghajbe'.
The grammar here is fine, but I think you've run into an English idiom - "I
don't have time". What do you not have the time for?
> tlhingan Hol vIqeqnISchu' 'e' vIQub.
bIlugh - bIqeqnIS. qeqnIS Hoch.
> mu'tlheghHommeyvam vIghItlh tlhIngan Hol vIghoj vIneHmo'.
naQbej mu'tlheghlIj. mu'tlheghHommey bIHbe'. bo'DaghHom yIlo'Qo'.
You are writing full, grammatical sentences.
Also, <ghItlh> refers only to the physical process of putting your sentences
down on paper with a pen, or the virtual equivalent involving a keyboard.
Figuring out what to write is <qon>.
> QaQ'a'?
HIja'.
pagh
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