tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 11 20:45:47 1997
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Re: Success
ghItlh SuStel:
>> lujghach nujvo' yaH Qapla'
>> Success is taken away from the mouth of failure.
>
>[why {lujghach} is not quite right snipped]
>Besides that, though, this is correct. If we were to fix up the first word,
>I'd suggest using {lujpu'ghach}. This word is roughly equivalent to "having
>failed."
>
>lujpu'ghach nujvo' yaH Qapla'.
Grammatically, it's okay, but "having failed's mouth" sounds pretty
weird to me. I smell a chance to toss in a little-used suffix here...
lujbeHghachvo' yaH Qapla'.
Hmm. Success "being taken away" also doesn't strike me as having the
right meaning. I like the idea of "being captured" better...
lujbeHghachvo' Qapla' jonlu'.
-- ghunchu'wI'