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bIlegh'a'?



majIq writes:
>: >: qatlho'.  jInej 'ach jISambe'pu'.  DaH vIlegh.
>: >
>: >bIlegh'a'?  nuq Dalegh?  mu'tlhegh Dalegh'a'?  targh Dalegh'a'? ;-) :
>: 'oH'e' vIlegh. :-)
>: lengwI' tlha'laHchu' lengwI' 'e' 'angbogh TKD nav loSmaH chorgh
>: chovnatlh'e' vIlegh.  DaH bIQuch'a'?  (yItlheD, puq.  chonuQ. :-)
>
>toH!  jIQuchlaw' ;-)
>
>I just wanted to raise a "flag" in that "I see" is a colloquialism. 
>It may work in English, but may not work in Klingon.

If I had meant "I see," I would have written {jIlegh}, and if I had
written {jIlegh}, I would have meant "I see" as in "I perceive with
my eyes."

>When a Terran says "I see!", they really mean "jIyajbej!"...

If I had meant "I see!" I would have written {toH}.

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