tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed May 17 05:45:28 1995
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Re: PRIVATE: Note
- From: "Mark J. Reed" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: PRIVATE: Note
- Date: Wed, 17 May 95 08:49:30 EDT
- In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 17 May 1995 08:29:24 -0400. <[email protected]>
[email protected] (Steve Weaver) writes:
\ >>OK, charghwI', how would YOU say "It works for me"?
\
\ >jIHvaD Qap qechlIj.
\ Me-for work idea-your.
\ Your idea work for me.
\
\ hmmm, sounds odd in tera'ngan Hol. It IS "work" and not "works"?
\ I like the way it sounds in tlhIngan Hol though (if I'm pronouncing it
\ correctly, that is).
Why would it be "work" and not "works"? The subject of the sentence is
a third person singular noun, therefore the correct English form of
the verb is "works". Translations must always take into account the
correct grammar of the target language, in this case English.
-marqoS
P.S. if the Subject: is an indication that your message was meant for charghwI'
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