tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 30 15:49:04 1996
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Re: KLBC
- From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
- Subject: Re: KLBC
- Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 19:50:09 -0500
K'Daq writes:
>toqDuj vISuq chugh leng wItlhap
>
> We'll take a trip if I get a Bird of Prey.
Two typographical nits: {toQDuj} is spelled with a {Q}, and {-chugh}
shouldn't be separated from {vISuq} by a space. Aside from that, the
*grammar* is okay...
...but the vocabulary is suspect. "Take a trip" doesn't literally mean
to grasp the trip, or intentionally get it in one's possession. It's the
same usage as "take a shower" or "take a look" -- yet another example of
the noun-centric mindset of English. These could more concisely be said
with the verbs "travel" and "shower" and "look". {leng} is a perfectly
good verb:
toQDuj vISuqchugh maleng.
-- ghunchu'wI' batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj