tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Apr 18 08:19:22 2014
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ghay
<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 10:43 AM, Steven Boozer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
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jorwI'mey ghaymo' qarDaSnganpu', Hegh SuvwI'pu'lI' law'<br>
'ej rIQ SuvwI'pu'lI' law'<br>
Suffer major losses after Cardassian bombing campaign. MKE<br>
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BTW notice the repetition of the subject phrase {SuvwI'pu' law'} "many warriors" in the main clause(s).<br><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I've been working on a sort of essay, and I've not been been repeating subject phrases like that. So I'm hoping for some discussion. What do people think of:</div>
<div><br></div><div>1. (?) Hegh SuvwI'pu'lI' law' 'ej riQ.</div><div>-- vs. --<br></div><div>2. Hegh SuvwI'pu'lI' law' 'ej rIQ SuvwI'pu'lI' law'.<br></div><div><br></div>
<div>Is Sentence 1 unclear? Just bad Klingon? Or is Sentence 2 just an extra precise version of Sentence 2?</div><div><br></div><div>bI'reng</div></div></div></div>
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