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Re: Thinking in Klingon



On Sun, 17 Jul 1994, ghItlhpu' Mark E. Shoulson:
> >From: Heidi Wessman <[email protected]>
> >Date: Wed, 13 Jul 1994 12:48:02 -0600 (MDT)
> 
> Well, so does "jIghung".  And a point: "vIyaj" means "I understand *IT*";
> definitely implying that the speaker has something in mind that is being
> understood.  To understand things in general, use "jIyaj" (see TKD; not
> with me now, so no page-references).  Ditto, "vISopnIS" means "I need to
> eat *IT*"---i.e. you have something in mind you need to eat.

ba'!

Usually, when I'm hungry, I'm craving something.  So, I always have
something in mind, when vISopnIS.  I'm actually craving something.  In
class, when boyaj'a''e' vItlhob, I am asking if they understood something
specific, like the phrase we just discussed.  

Dayaj'a'?

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chuQun




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