tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 12 23:06:17 1995
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Re: Klingon on Internet Relay Chat
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: Klingon on Internet Relay Chat
- Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 02:05:46 -0500
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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