tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 22 10:53:27 1994
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Re: Some simple phrases: Ooops!
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Some simple phrases: Ooops!
- Date: Tue, 22 Nov 94 13:53:21 EST
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>; from "William H. Martin" at Nov 22, 94 1:12 pm
According to William H. Martin:
>
> According to Richard Kennaway:
> >
> > Could someone pass judgement on the following phrases?...
>
> > qama'pu' tISuqbe'
> > Take no prisoners. (Could this be clipped to qama'pu' Suqbe'?)
I BLEW IT!
> {jon} would probably be a better verb choice:
>
> qama'pu' tIjonbe'
Ahem. Make that {qama'pu' tIjonQo'} (See other post on negation)
> As for clipping, you probably would also drop the plural suffix:
>
> qama' jonbe'!
Make that {qama' jonQo'!}
> Similarly, if you prefer to keep {Suq}:
>
> qama' Suqbe'!
qama' SuqQo'!
You will probably discover that {qama' jonQo'} is MUCH easier
to say than {qama' SuqQo'} as well, if that influences your
choice as to which you want to say in front of a camera...
> > ___
> > \X/ Richard Kennaway, [email protected], Univ. of East Anglia, Norwich
>
> charghwI'
>