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Re: I need a little help here



In a message dated 97-07-03 03:23:55 EDT, Guido writes:

> Anyway, any form of "to be" in Klingon is represented by 'oH. You can say
>  "lam 'oH Duj'e'" for "The ship is dirty", but also "HoD 'oH jIH'e'" for "I
>  am the captain". In literal abbreviations, these are talked about as "The
>  ship be dirty" and "I be the captain", since Klingons as we all know do
not
>  care about such fine grammatical distinctions as "am, is, are". Plaahh!!
>  

Beware!!!!!

lam 'oH Duj'e' means The ship is dirt; not The ship is dirty.

To say The ship is dirty, try lam Duj.

peHruS


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