tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Apr 25 06:28:58 1997
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RE: Some Sayings
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Some Sayings
- Date: Fri, 25 Apr 97 13:28:14 UT
[email protected] on behalf of TPO wrote:
> somebody wrote:
> >noH ghoblu'taHvIS, ghot vuSbogh Dochmey'e' SovnIS ghaH.
> >In war, a person needs to know the things which limit him.
>
> jIQoch
>
> noH = war (n)
> ghob = wage war (v), battle (v)
>
> <wage war war> ?? Hmm, no.
> <battle war> ?? Hmm, no. you might battle your opponent, if this takes an
> object, but I don't think you battle a war.
Yes, you do. Okrand uses this phrase in TKW.
> I think <ghoblu'taHvIS ...> without the object <noH> is better.
> "while one battles" - "in war"
I also think it's better, but the other way is not incorrect.
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SuStel
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