tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Oct 13 18:09:21 1995
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Re: HolQeD 4.3
On Fri, 13 Oct 1995, Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
> >Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 06:04:31 -0700
> >From: "R.B Franklin" <[email protected]>
>
> >Can anyone confirm whether card S8 says {lIjaHbe'bogh} or {lIjtaHbe'bogh}?
> >(It makes a big difference in the translation.)
>
> I think it should have been "lIjlaHbe'bogh vay'". This would make a lot of
> sense, since it runs full in the face of the problem of having "-laH" and
> "-lu'" on the same verb. So it's "Kahless, whom none can forget" (or "whom
> one cannot forget"). Had it been "-taH", Okrand would surely have used
> "-lu'". Work for you?
Ahh, that makes sense. I had wondered why the relative clause included
{vay'} instead of simply using {-lu'}.
> ~mark
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