tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 16 00:28:21 1997
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Re: lum tlhInganpu'
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: lum tlhInganpu'
- Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 00:28:02 -0800
At 06:00 97-12-15 -0800, edy wrote:
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} qatlh chay''egh muS tlhInganpu' ?
} Why Klingons hate bath?
Good to see you back, edy. A nice sentence, too. A few 'learning
opportunities' in it.
You've misremembered the word {Say'} "be clean." {S} and {ch} aren't all
that far apart in sound, but they are different. Because the word {Say'}
means BE clean and bathing is MAKING oneself clean, you need to add the
suffix {-moH}.
The object of your verb {muS} is another verb, so ... you know what I'm
going to say ... you need the sentence as object construction with {'e'}.
Better re-read section 6.2.5. And because the plural tlhInganpu' hate a
singular thing, the prefix {lu-} is correct.
qatlh Say''eghmoH 'e' lumuS tlhInganpu'?
The answer in the subject line has no grammatical errors, but is it really
the answer? Anyone else want to suggest an answer?
Qov [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian