tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 03 09:09:43 2002
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Re: Subject: poH (was: RE: vay' loSbogh ghaH. Suq)
> :> {bISiDtaHchugh, jaghpu'lI' lommey qengvIs lojmItlIj ghoS
> :> Hegh-veqlargh}
> :>
> :> That's my attempt at a restoration of the old saying "Time will drag
> :> your enemies past your door".
> : .....
>
> : On a good note, I'm glad you didn't use poH.
>
> qatlh?
> nuq 'oSlaH mu' {poH}? nuq 'oSlaHbe'?
/poH/ is "period of time".
"A period of time will drag your enemies past your door."
This doesn't work. Ok, sure, the time one spends waiting at the door is a
period of time; but "time" here is refering to that continuous, linear*
dimension. /poH/ refers to only a segment of that dimension.
DloraH, BG