tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jan 17 06:35:39 1996
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Re: chu' mu'mey nuqDaq vItu'laH'a'
- From: "Garrett Michael Hayes" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: chu' mu'mey nuqDaq vItu'laH'a'
- Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 09:34:58 -0500
- Organization: Client/Server Labs
- Priority: normal
On 16 Jan 96 at 22:43, [email protected] wrote:
> In a message dated 96-01-16 16:21:41 EST, 'etlhqengwI' writes:
>
> >vaj yap mu'mey vIghajbe'.
>
> Try {'ach mu'mey yapbe' vIghojpu'}
>
> I know this rephrases the thought to "But I haven't learned enough words."
> But I like it better than the direct translation {'ach yapbe' mu'mey
> vIghojbogh}.
Your point is good, in that my original phrasing was ambiguous. I
was trying to express that I didn't have my hands on all the
necessary vocabulary items, rather than the (abysmal) state of my
learning.
Perhaps
vaj yap De' vIghajbe'
would be better?
'etlhqengwI'
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