tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 05 05:21:50 1994
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Re: Klinpack, charghwI' correcting himself
On Tue, 2 Aug 1994, ghItlhpu' Susan Farmer:
> >On Sat, 30 Jul 1994, ghItlhpu' HoD trI'Qal:
> >> > On Thu 21 Jul 94 06:54, ghItlhpu' Mark E. Shoulson:
> >> >
> >> > >>Perhaps {yuch SopbeHchoHlu'} is better?
> << much wonderful debate deleted >>
> >> > I would say:
> >> > Soplu'meH yuchbeH
> >> Except that this is grammitically incorrect. -lu' means there is an
> >> indefinite subject... and you are trying to have a subject of <yuch>.
> >chuQun shakes her head and rolls her eyes. "WHat have I started?" she
> >asks the Powers That Be
> ><Hoch'u' tebtaH HoSpu'> = PTB???
> Well, for my part, I find the debates like this over the finer points of
> grammer and suffix/prefix use and all that other good stuff, very
> enlightening and most educational. I really learn alot from a good debate
> between people who know what they're talking about.
> Good gentles, pray lay on! :-)
I also believe in these debates. After all, where else are we going to
learn proper grammar? This is THE Klingon culture (the one and only one
I know that uses the klingon lanugage as correctly as possible.) and if
you want to learn a language, cultural immersion is the best.
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chuQun