tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jan 24 20:19:13 1996
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Re: KLBC: DaHjaj
- From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
- Subject: Re: KLBC: DaHjaj
- Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 23:35:19 -0600
ghItlh maSqa':
>><mu'oy'> DaghItlh 'e' DaHechba'.
>Actually, I meant 'aw'.
toH. rapbe' mu' DaHechba'qu'chugh mu' DaHechbejqu'chugh je.
pIch wIghaj SoH jIH je.
>> 'ach chay' yav lammoH peDpu'bogh muD? peDDI' lam So'lu' net pIH.
>
>Ahh, I see. I meant that when the street cleaners cleared the snow
>away in the morning the ground and snow banks were dirty.
Why didn't you say what you meant in the first place? :-)
>I was trying to say that the sky was gray, "niether black nor white."
>I sure would like some more color words...
"Neither black nor white" is not the same thing as what you said:
"either not black or not white." The phrasing you want could be
"both not black and not white" {qIjbe' chal 'ej chISbe'}, or
"not black but not white either" {qIjbe' chal 'ach chISbe' je}.
You might want to toss in a {-chu'} or two for good measure:
{qIjchu'be' chal 'ach chISchu'be' je}.
>...Is my use of bIrbe' okay for warm (lit. not cold)?
It worked, didn't it? Don't sweat it.
-- ghunchu'wI' batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj