tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Sep 02 15:13:38 1996
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Re: KLBC: mupmeH toch
- From: [email protected] (HoD trI'Qal)
- Subject: Re: KLBC: mupmeH toch
- Date: Mon, 2 Sep 1996 18:15:06 -0400
At 07:14 AM 8/29/96 -0700, Chet Braun wrote:
>I've been trying to find a way of saying "palm strike".
Unfortunately, this sounds like a Martial Arts term, and my knowledge of
them is regrtfully *zero*. I'll address the grammar questions, and
hopefully, someone who know better that you talking about can give you a
better translation, okay?
>The best I've come up with is "palm for the purpose of striking" or:
> mupmeH toch
>
>To me this describes the palm and does not describe the strike so is a bit
>off the mark.
You are correct on both counts. Perhpaps you might want to try describing
it as attacking while using the palm? It would be "stuck" as a verb...
toch lo'lu'taHvIS HIv
>This is a purpose clause and it could then be used as the subject or
>object of a sentance. Correct?
Yes, it could. The purpose clause would have to ALWAYS precede the noun,
but it could be used in either place.
>Thanks,
>
>HetaQ
I wish I could help you more than this, but this isn't my area of expertise.
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