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Re: Klingon on Internet Relay Chat



In a message dated 95-12-12 14:52:23 EST, you write:

>> One other thing about your sentence bothers me.  You're using
>> {chaH} in its verb form in both senses of "to be" simultaneously.
>> {*Maine*Daq chaH SuvwI''e} and {SuvwI' bIr chaH SuvwI''e'} are
>> both valid sentences (though the second one is rather convoluted),
>> but I'm not sure the combination is reasonable.
>
>I don't follow you here.  His intended meaning was, if I'm reading it
>right, "In Main, all warriors are cold warriors."  I don't think he means
>that all warriors are in Maine.  Of the warriors who happen to be in
>Maine, all of these warriors are cold.  This works fine for me.
>
>> -- ghunchu'wI' 
>
>--Holtej

I add that, in sentence one, we need the verb suffix Type 7 {-taH}.  This
gives:  *Maine*Daq chaHtaH SuvwI''e'

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