tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Sep 30 09:49:26 1995

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Re: }} "like" question



At 08:16 AM 9/29/95 -0700, Jim Boniface wrote:
> I've been looking through TKD for about 20 minutes now and I can't seem to 
>find where I would place  " parHa'  " in a sentence, I'm attempting to say 
>"you play like a terran", and I THINK it would go " tera'ngan parHa' DareH", 
>so in a nutshell, help please!

Sorry , grammarians, but I MUST RESPOND!!

<parHa' > means "like" as in "I like you." 
Not as in  "You play like a Terran."

Note that "like" (and alot of words) have more than one meaning.

You would have to rephrase your sentence to something *like*
"When you play you resemble a Terran."

<bIreHtaHvIS tera'ngan Darur>


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