tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Feb 11 22:05:26 1996
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Re: KLBC - subordinate clauses
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: KLBC - subordinate clauses
- Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 01:04:55 -0500
In a message dated 96-02-06 01:25:12 EST, ghunchu'wI' writes:
>In order to translate "I don't want to die alone", we can restate it as:
>I don't want that I die while I am alone. {jImobtaHvIS jIHegh 'e' vIneHbe'}.
>(This doesn't carry with it any particular dread of dying; if you wanted to
>mean something like "I'm afraid to die alone", the verb suffix {-vIp} might
>come in handy.)
>
Except we need to drop the {'e'}, which is not used with the Verb {neH}.
This gives {jImobtaHvIS jIHegh vIneHbe'}
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