tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 19 07:50:31 1997
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Re: KLBC: Basic Toasts
- From: Marian Schwartz <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Basic Toasts
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 10:11:15 -0500
EdyvaD ghItlh Qov
>>We are a large family - qorDu' tIn maH'e'
>>There are 6 of us in the family - qorDu'Daq jav maH'e'
>Why did you put the {-'e'} suffix on {maH}? I don't see that the emphasis
>adds anything.
My chipping in: I'd say {tIn qorDu'maj} (or maybe {law'})
>>or qorDu'Daq maHvo' jav tu'lu'
>This sounds more like six of our number went to the family, or something.
I
>don't like the {-vo'} here at all.
>I'm not 100% happy with {-Daq} for "in the family." I probably would say
>{qorDu'majDaq jav nuv lutu'lu'}, and people would snicker at me for the
>pedantic and never-used-in-canon {lu-} on {tu'lu'}, if not for the {-Daq}.
What about {jav nuv ngaS qorDu'maj}? Could you leave out the {nuv}
perhaps?
Qapla'
qoror