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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] when I was X (years old), from the age of X to Y

Rohan Fenwick ([email protected]) [KLI Member]



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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>ghItlhpu' De'vID, jatlh:<br>&gt; We know that {loSmaH ben jIboghpu'} is how a Klingon would say<br>&gt; "I am 40 (years old)". How would you say "when I was X, I did such<br>&gt; and such"? <div>
<p dir="ltr"><br></p><p dir="ltr">Presumably anyone saying that would know how old they are now, and so {loSben Qang vImoj} "I became chancellor four years ago" seems to me the easiest way of putting it.<br></p><p dir="ltr"><br></p><p dir="ltr">taH:<br></p><p dir="ltr">&gt; {wa'maH cha' ben jIboghpu'DI' moQbara' vIghojchoH} seems to me</p><p dir="ltr">&gt; like it's saying the speaker is 12, and started learning Mok'bara at birth.</p><br>True. How about:<br><br><p dir="ltr">qaSpu'DI' DISwIj wa'maH cha'DIch moQbara' vIghojchoH.</p><p dir="ltr"><br></p>
<p dir="ltr">&gt; Also, how would you say "from the age of 20 to the age of 25, I studied the bat'leth under Kang"?</p><br>qaSpu'DI' DISwIj cha'maHDIch, betleH tonSaw' mughojmoHpu' qeng qaStaHvIS vagh DIS.<br><br>QeS<br></div> 		 	   		  </div></body>
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