tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Apr 25 06:28:58 1997

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RE: Some Sayings



[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.

-- 
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
Stardate 97315.7


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