tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 20 07:53:20 1996

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Re: KLBC



>Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 15:06:57 -0800
>From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
>
>December 18, 1996 8:13 AM, jatlh loDDoq:
>
>> SuvwI' puq *makes* nentay(I've really had difficults in this sentence).
>
>I believe you meant "The Rite of Ascension makes a child into a warrior."  
>You've just played Star Trek: Klingon, haven't you?
>
>This calls for a subordinate clause (TKD section 6.2.2):
>
>qaStaHvIS nentay, SuvwI' moj puq.
>During the Rite of Ascension, a child becomes a warrior.

I might prefer

nentaymo' SuvwI' moj puq.

~mark



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