tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon May 01 06:45:01 1995
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pagh no'lI' (was: Re: pagh (was latlh))
- From: [email protected] (Steve Weaver)
- Subject: pagh no'lI' (was: Re: pagh (was latlh))
- Date: Mon, 1 May 1995 09:45:03 -0500
On Sat, 29 Apr 1995 01:08:52 -0400 ghItlh janSIy:
>On Fri, 28 Apr 1995, yoDtargh wrote:
>> But if I wanted to say "no or zero ancestors", it would be {pagh no'}
>> because numbers precede the noun they modify.
>
>So, what I get from this whole discussion is:
>
>pagh no' - no ancestors
>no' pagh - none of the ancestors
>no'lI' pagh - none of your ancestors
>pagh no'lI' - your (theoretical, but non-existant) ancestors
>
>I know that although grammatically correct, the last sentence doesn't
>make any sense. After all, how is it possible to not have ancestors?
>And why would any sane Klingon even talk about something that doesn't
>exist? These are, however, the translations for these phrases, qar'a'?
IF you were "bragging" about you ancestors, I might make reference to {pagh
no'lI'} as an insult. How does our resident Curse Warefare expert feel
about this, ~mark??
targhlIj yab tIn law' pagh no'lI' Hoch yabDu' tIn puS
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vIta'pu'be' !!! tlhIngan ghaH *Bart Simpson*'e'
Steve Weaver [email protected]