tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 29 19:22:58 1995
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Re: NEED A RULEING....
On Sat, 23 Dec 1995, David Barron wrote:
> > In a message dated 95-12-22 18:51:16 EST, ghItlh peHruS:
> >
> > >I need a ruleing on how to say "after".
> > >
> > >I think, I remember in Power Klingon hearing "After we eat...." represented
> > >as <maSoppa'be'...> but then it says in TKD that rovers cannot follow
> > >a type 9 suffix (TKD page 49).
> > I suggest: Verb + -pu' and an optional {vaj}. Sometimes Verb + -DI' and an
> > optional {vaj} works just as well for me.
>
> I think <Verb-pu'DI'> might be what I am looking for .....I still need to
> liston to POWER KLINGON again to find out what was said......
{-pu'DI'} is undoubtedly what you're looking for. The line in PK is:
'uQ wISoppu'DI' maja'chuq. (We will talk after dinner.)
> Keep in mind <vaj> is not a temporal "then" . <vaj> best translates as
> "therefore" or "thus".
jIQochbe'chu'.
> > peHruS
> David Barron
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