tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jan 03 10:25:10 2004
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Re: identical words in other languages and meanings
> TKD 4.2.6 describes the use of the Type 6 verb suffix {-law} for this
> purpose.
>
> "This suffix expresses any uncertainty on the speaker's part and may even
be
> thought of as meaning _I_think_ or _I_suspect_. Thus, the previous two
> sentences could be translated _I_think_that_it's_empty_,
> _I_suspect_that_he/she_is_controlling_us_."
>
> {'uplaw' tlhIngan Soj}
> {Sojmaj lajQo'law' tlhIngan}
>
> > Quvar.
>
> --Holtej
> HovpoH 4007.2
je Holtej qatlho'!
ma'Sa