tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Dec 15 23:14:15 1996
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RE: KLBC: mu'tlheghmey vaghDIch ('e' vIloy) vImugh
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: mu'tlheghmey vaghDIch ('e' vIloy) vImugh
- Date: Mon, 16 Dec 96 07:14:36 UT
December 15, 1996 9:36 PM, jatlh HurghwI':
> I extracted *lol* because it was the only word close to "attitude,"
> and it is also the only element of {lolSeHcha} which could mean attitude. I
> starred it to avoid confusion.
*I* know why you did this, but if I had seen this "word" in a real context, I
promise you I wouldn't have recognized it from {lolSeHcha}. In that case, the
"word" is pretty useless, right?
> >Just repeat the verb, and add {je}.
>
> If you saw the letter I used this phrase in previously, this technique would
> have sounded silly. The prevoius action was just too long to say again, in
> that case.
Aha! Now you see why I keep telling people to base it on the context! Don't
just ask for words to translate, work on entire thoughts!
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SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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