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