tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jan 04 09:57:26 2004
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Re: identical words in other languages and meanings
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: identical words in other languages and meanings
- Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 11:03:29 -0500
>From: "d'Armond Speers, Ph.D." <[email protected]>
>
>Lieven Litaer wrote:
> > {'up tlhIngan Soj 'e' vIHar}
> > {Sojmaj lajQo'bej tlhIngan 'e' vIloy}
>
>TKD 4.2.6 describes the use of the Type 6 verb suffix {-law} for this
>purpose.
>
[...]
>
>{'uplaw' tlhIngan Soj}
>{Sojmaj lajQo'law' tlhIngan}
I think that first one was an opinion rather than an uncertainty. /-law'/
probably isn't the best choice for expressing opinions as a general rule.
Personally, my guess is that Klingons will most often express an opinion as
if it were a fact: /'up tlhIngan Soj/.
SuStel
Stardate 4010.0
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