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Re: Dilbert Comic in Klingon for 2006/10/16

pm5 ([email protected])



On 10/19/06, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> In a message dated 10/18/2006 9:40:15 AM Central Standard Time,
> [email protected] writes:
>
> > >        Boss: "Really? Threats make you work all
> > > night?"
> > >         pIn: {'oH teH'a'? ram Hoch bIvumtaH 'e'
> > > DabuQlu'mo''a'?} (2)
> > >
> >
> > Instead of {teH}, try the verb {vIt} 'to tell the
> > truth'.
>
> Aside from changing the verb to {vIt}, the sentence with {teH} should have
> its subject after the verb: {teH'a' 'oH?}, and in this case the subject
> should
> probably omitted: {teH'a'?}.

Yes, I've confused it with the use of adjectives.

{mu'tlheghvam teH}  - "this true sentence" (a noun phrease)
{teH mu'tlheghvam.} - "This sentence is true." (a sentence)

pm5





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