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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Question on Reason Clauses

Will Martin ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol po'wI']



<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">While I’m certain that there are other ways to translate it, the translation you have is remarkably good.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You could go for others, not particularly better, and some carry various shades of additional meaning:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">qatlh DaHoH? jIjanglaH.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">qatlh DaHoH? bIjangnISbe’. jISov.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">qatlh DaHoH? vIghelnISbe’. jISov.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">DaHoHta’ net Sov. meqlIj yajlu’chu’.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">DaHoHtaHvIS qayajchu’.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">vIHoH vIneH, ‘ach chonungta’. wa’ DoS wIQeq.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hegh. wa’ DoS wIQeq, ‘ach tajlIj Do law’ law’ tajwIj Do law’ puS.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">DaHoH. butlh Daghaj.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">DaHoHta’. meqlIj vIyaj, ‘ach nuHlIj vIngu’laHbe’. ("I don’t know how you killed him." — I thought there was a word for “method”, but I can’t find it now.)</div><br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 27, 2015, at 3:26 PM, Chelsea Knauf &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]"; class="">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">I'm trying to figure out how to translate "I know why you killed him".<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">{DaHoHta'. &nbsp;meqlIj vISov}? &nbsp;"You killed him; I know your motive".&nbsp; Is there another way to say this?</div></div>
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