tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jul 27 10:08:37 2002
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Re: Ten Commandments
> >> > ghob tIvnISbe'lu'
>>> > One need not enjoy virtue. TKW
>
>
>ja' DloraH:
>>The problem here is the english.
>>The klingon is correct.
>
>The English is also correct. The problem is that it's confusing to someone
>unfamiliar with the phrase "need not". In English, "need not" does not
>mean "must not". It's a somewhat uncommon phrasing which means the same
>thing as "does not need to".
>
>-- ghunchu'wI'
that's why "need" doesn't take the -s, maybe...
thank you for the explanations.
oops. i almost forgot to write something in klingon as this wasn't
about klingon grammar. :)
oops. tlhoS tlhIngan Hol vIghItlhHem vIlIj. tlhIngan HolvaD jIjatlhbe'.
tulwI',
sts.