tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jul 14 07:50:53 2000
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Re: Outcomes
mughmeH QaHlu' 'e' neH peHruS:
>The result of the war was vicotry.
mevDI' noH, Qaplu'.
As soon as the war was finished, someone won.
>The result of eating rotten food is dysentery.
Soj non Soplu'DI', pom ghajchoHlu'.
As soon as one eats rotten food, one gets dysentery.
>Learning Klingon results in knowledge of one language's grammar.
tlhIngan Hol ghojlu'DI', ghur wa' Hol pab Sov.
As soon as one learns Klingon, knowledge of one language's grammar
increases.
In the second and third sentences especially, {-DI'} could be replaced
with {-mo'}. Or, in the third sentence, you could change the dependent
clause to {ghojlu'taHvIS} or {ghojlu'lI'}.
DujHoD