tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 11 19:17:12 1997
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RE: SajmeywIj
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: SajmeywIj
- Date: Tue, 11 Feb 97 22:36:58 UT
February 11, 1997 12:37 AM EST, jatlh ghunchu'wI':
> ghItlh maqlIy:
> >Doq 'ej chIS wa'.
> >One is orange and white. ('ej because Doq and chIS are verbs?)
>
> {'ej} goes between sentences, not just verbs. Since the previous
> sentences were about {bIH} "them", I'm inclined to think that the
> sentence {Doq} means "they are red/orange."
Actually, {'ej} seems to go between verb-based clauses. Here's are two
examples: {quv Hutlh HoHbogh tlhIngan 'ach qabDaj 'angbe'bogh.} "The Klingon
who kills without showing his face has no honor." {SuvmeH 'ej charghmeH bogh
tlhInganpu'} "Klingons are born to fight and to conquer."
> To make it clear that "one is red/orange" I'd say {Doq wa' 'ej chIS}.
I was thinking of making this very suggestion, but what maqlIy has isn't
*wrong* . . .
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