tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 22 19:58:31 1996
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Re: Nonexistence
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- Subject: Re: Nonexistence
- Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 23:00:03 -0400
qaSDI' 96-07-22 09:05:32 EDT, jatlh Krenath:
> How about {'ejyo'waw'vamDaq cha'puj tu'be'lu'} or {'ejyo'waw'vamDaq cha'puj
> tu'laHbe'lu'}? I translate it as something like "Dilithium is not found at
> this starbase." and "Dilithium cannot be found at this starbase" Hm.
Mebbe
> it'dsound better as {'ejyo'waw'vamDaq cha'puj SamlaHbe'lu'} "Dilithium
> cannot be located at this starbase..."
Careful: you can't use {-laH} and {-lu'} at the same time. They are both
Type 5 verb suffixes. There's no particular reason for it that I know of
(except, perhaps, that Okrand was feeling particularly devious one day).
SuStel
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