tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 10 16:16:36 1996
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RE: Purpose clause
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Purpose clause
- Date: Wed, 11 Dec 96 00:04:43 UT
December 10, 1996 1:41 PM, jatlh HomDoq:
> > vImughmeH jIQubqangbe'.
> > I was not willing to think in order to translate it.
> >
> I'm just curious. Is there canon evidence to prove that the
> Klingon works the way the English does? bc for me, the Klingon
> says that translating it is the purpose of my unwillingness
> to think, while I would translate the _meaning_ of the
> English as I understand it by {vImughmeH jIQub vIneHbe'}.
It's a good question, and one which has bugged me in the past, too. I'm
afraid I don't have an answer to that. Anyone?
There's an easy way out:
jIbuD vImughDI'.
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