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RE: KLBC - Either grows or Dies



January 03, 1997 4:45 PM, jatlh qeyloS:

> I'm trying to say: "That which does not grow is dying."
> 
> SachtaH HeghlI' ghap 'oH vay'

{ghap} is a noun conjunction, not a sentence conjunction.  You cannot use it 
to join sentences.  Also, the sentence conjunction {pagh} must be used 
*between* the sentences, not after them.  {SachtaH} is a complete sentence.  
So is {HeghlI'}.  The {pagh} would have to go between.

You've translated "grow" with {Sach}, which really means "expand."  A child 
doesn't expand (except, maybe, for Violet Beauragard, however her name was 
spelled).  Is this the sort of growing you meant?  How about {Dub'egh} 
"improve itself"?

You're going to need a relative clause here (TKD section 6.2.3).

HeghlI' Dubbe''eghbogh vay'.
That which does not improve itself is dying.

> Should I use <Hoch>

I think {vay'} works fine.

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SuStel
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