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Re: Neverending

qe'San \(Jon Brown\) ([email protected]) [KLI Member] 

DuHmey 'Iq Datoghlu'
Can't count the too many possibilities
(don't know if DuHmey 'Iq can mean too many possibilities)

what about

DuHmey Datoghbe', 'Iq
You can't count the possibities, they are too many.

qe'San


----- Original Message -----
From: "...Paul" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 6:33 PM
Subject: Neverending


> On Fri, 19 Sep 2003, Steven Boozer wrote:
> > Se'noj:
> > >   {mevbe'taH DuHmey }
> > >   "Possibilities are neverending".
> >
> > {mevbe'taH} "neverending".  I like it.
>
> I'm not sure about it.  I think the English "neverending" doesn't really
> mean "continually not ending".  More of "it will not end" or "it does not
> end".
>
> Perhaps more importantly, you cannot really convey "never" with verb
> suffixes.  Even -taH does not denote an unchangeable context; it merely
> indicates an "ongoing" action, not an infinitely-going action.
>
> While sometimes context in English actually indicates this kind of
> behavior, it's usually because the English "neverending" is being used as
> an exaggeration:  "My work is a neverending source of annoyance."  In this
> case, it's probably accurate to use /mevbe'taH/ -- but then, the Klingon
> isn't really exaggerating.  I would still favor /not mev DuHmey/.
>
> One way I'd love to be able to phrase it is "One cannot limit
> possibilities" -- but we run into that horrid conflict between -lu' and
> -laH.  :P  But I guess you can still get by with:
>
> DuH vuSbe'lu'   "One does not limit possibilities"
>
> ...Paul
>
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