tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Mar 22 15:33:52 1999
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RE: Klingon Unity (was Re: Cardassians, et. al.)
The noun-phrase idea sits better with me, somehow.
Sormey law' 'ach wa' ngem
yuQmey law' 'ach wa' wo'
jatmey law' 'ach wa' Hol
quljIb
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On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, Andeen, Eric wrote:
> jatlh quljIb:
>
> > law' Sormey 'ach wa' ngem
> > law' yuQmey 'ach wa' wo'
> > law' jatmey 'ach wa' Hol
>
> The first bits - <law' Sormey>, etc. - are complete sentences: "The trees
> are many". The second bits - <wa' ngem> - are not. This lack of symmetry is
> disturbing somehow.
>
> You could put the <law'> after the nouns - <Sormey law'> - and just make the
> sentence into a noun phrase. You could also make the second bits into
> complete sentences.
>
> > Many trees - one forest
> > Many worlds - one Empire
> > Many tongues - one language
>
> > Sormey Hol, HuDmey Hol, Hovmey Hol je ghoj vIneH. :-)
>
>
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