tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 16 10:12:16 1996
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Re: Dr Okrand Speaks -- ben
- From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
- Subject: Re: Dr Okrand Speaks -- ben
- Date: Mon, 16 Dec 96 13:07:10 EST
ja' Okrand quv:
> The word ben can be used to mean "years old," but in
> Klingon, one doesn't say "I am x years old."
maj. lI'qu' De'vam.
> "I am 40 years old" would be expressed as:
> loSmaH ben jIboghpu'
{-pu'}?! I'd like to know why the perfective is appropriate here.
There are a couple of weaselish arguments I could come up with, but
this seems to me like a misapplication of perfective.
-- ghunchu'wI'