tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 16 11:40:09 1996
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Re: Dr Okrand Speaks -- ben
- From: "Donald E. Vick" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Dr Okrand Speaks -- ben
- Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 11:33:16 -0800 (PST)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "William H. Martin" at Dec 16, 96 11:21:57 am
ngeH charghwI':
> On Mon, 16 Dec 1996 10:22:06 -0800 Alan Anderson
> > ja' Okrand quv:
> > > "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'
>
> Klingons are not approximate, right? So if today is my
> 42nd birthday, I would say, {loSmaH cha' ben jIbogh.} Tomorrow,
> and 363 days after that, I'll say {loSmaH cha' ben jIboghpu'.}
> Get it?
qechlIj vIyajchu', 'ach jIQoch. If this is what is happening,
it would be just as correct to say {wa' ben jIbogh} since as of one
year ago, I had been born.
taDI'oS vIq, law'wI'pu'vaD Holtej jIH
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