tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Dec 05 20:06:50 1996

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RE: KLBC: jInID



December 04, 1996 11:19 AM, jatlh Philippe Lavallee:

> K: choqIpvIp nuch
> E: You are affraid to hit me, coward

maj.

> K: Daghajbe' SuvwI' DuvwI'
> E: You do not have the ridge of a Warrior
>         (I tried building "the thing that advances above the forehead",
> would it be "DungDaq Quch DuvwI'"? 'cause I admit that from "the thing that
> advances" might arise confusion) ;-)

Wouldn't just "forehead" be enough?  Also, watch to make sure that your 
sentence order is correct.  "Forehead" should be in the object position.

SuvwI' Quch Daghajbe'.

"Advances" doesn't make any sense here that I can see.  And the area above the 
forehead . . . well, perhaps it would be understood, but I usually would think 
of it as the air directly above the forehead.

> K: mutuHmoH Qaghmeyra'
> E: Your mistakes shame me

Only if the mistakes are capable of speaking!  Otherwise, the correct suffix 
is {-raj}.

mutuHmoH Qaghmeyraj.
Your mistakes shame me.  (The "you" is plural here.)

-- 
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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