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RE: KLBC: Must



[email protected] on behalf of Q'ISt'ova (Eliseo d'Annunzio, Esq.) wrote:

> On Tue, 22 Apr 1997, fonseca wrote:
> 
> >  I want to say "You MUST die"
> > 
> >  Is it good:  jIHeghqu'  ?
> 
> Hija'!
> 
> I've been studying the basics of Klingonaase and I would say that looks
> quite good, (from a newbie's point of view). But I don't see the presence
> of "must" in the actual phrasing, possibly from the emphasis made by "qu'"
> ? As to the rest it looks okay... But I'm no expert, SuStel, could you
> shed some light?

Already have.  Please do not answer KLBC questions before me.  This rule 
exists so that this doesn't happen: you have given Edy the wrong answer.

{jIHeghqu'} means "I DIE," with "die" emphasized.  It does not mean "you must 
die" at all.

As I said in another post, the "must" will be covered by using the suffix 
{-nIS}.

Oh, yeah: don't forget to capitalize the {I} in {HIja'}.

-- 
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
Stardate 97314.2


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