tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 23 05:30:34 1996
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Re: noun + noun : `of the' or `which equals'?
- From: [email protected] (Soqra'tIS)
- Subject: Re: noun + noun : `of the' or `which equals'?
- Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 08:29:17 -0400
On 7/22/96 at 12:18 PM, Mark E. Shoulson wrote the following:
> >From: "A.Appleyard" <[email protected]>
>
> > "Mark E. Shoulson" <[email protected]> wrote:-
> >> Or, as Okrand says in TKW: Dal pagh jagh
> >> which has a delightful pair of possible meanings.
>
> >Which two meanings? I can decode it only as "No enemy is boring.".
>
> Yes, indeed. And the ambiguity in the English sentence "No enemy is
> boring" happens to translate quite well into Klingon.
jIyaj. majQa'.
"(zero) enemies are boring" "(none of the) enemies are boring" 'ej. maj. maj.
vay' yIHub Hoch 'ej Hoch tIHub vay' - DumaS
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