tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 17 03:21:17 1996
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RE: KLBC. First attempt
- From: "HurghwI'" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC. First attempt
- Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 05:24:10 -0600
jatlh SuStel:
>December 13, 1996 6:26 AM, jatlh Ko'var:
>
>> SuStel,
>> jItlhIjnIS (I must apologize).
>
>bItlhIjnISbe'. tlhIngan maH!
>
>> chaq bIlugh, jupwI'(Perhaps you are correct,
>> my friend).
>> chaq tlhIngan Hol vIyaj 'e' vIHarpu' law' vIyaj puS (Perhaps I do not
>> understand Klingon as well as I had believed).
>
>Ack! Try to be strict with the law'/puS construction. The verb needs to be a
>stative verb. (You have also put a Type 7 suffix on the second verb of an
>{'e'} sentence, which is not allowed.)
On a similar note, can you say this?:
chaq jIH yajlaw' law' jIH yaj.
"Perhaps my apparent understanding is better than my true understanding."
or, perhaps I don't understand as well as it had appeared. I realize this
might not be the best way to say this; this is just a linguistic exercise.
-HurghwI'
Hovjaj 96962.3