tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jun 26 22:07:25 1996
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Re: Stephen's introduction
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: Stephen's introduction
- Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 01:06:47 -0400
In a message dated 96-06-26 21:52:15 EDT, you write:
>>maHwej ben jIH
>
>The number-forming suffix {-maH} is a *suffix*. It gets tacked on *after*
>the number: 30 is {wejmaH}.
>
>"I am thirty years ago" or even "I was thirty years ago" (Klingon doesn't
>explicitly indicate past/present/future tense) doesn't make a lot of sense
>to me, though. Do you mean you were born then? Try using the verb {bogh}.
>{wejmaH ben jIbogh} "I was born 30 years ago." Note the verb prefix here
>is {jI-}; it indicates the subject is "I" but there is no object. The
>phrase {wejmaH ben} simply indicates when the action occurs/occurred.
What if Kenneth is wa'maHwej years old? And, he did not quite write that
correctly?
peHruS