tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jan 11 22:56:36 1997

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RE: KLBC: translation (first Volley)



SuStel wrote (quoting Mhoram):

|> tI' HomDu
|> Bones mend
|
|{tI'} means "repair, fix."  The subject repairs the object.  We don't care 
|about who's doing the repairing, we're only interested in what's repaired.  
|Therefore, we need an indefinite subject, using {-lu'}: {HomDu' tI'lu'} "One 
|repairs bones," or "Bones are repaired."

Or:  tI''egh HomDu' (bones can heal on their own).

-- Voragh



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