tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 15 13:13:47 1997
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Re: More New Words!
- From: "Donald E. Vick" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: More New Words!
- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 13:09:58 -0700 (PDT)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "Dr. Lawrence M. Schoen" at Jul 15, 97 12:05:35 pm
Dr. Lawrence M. Schoen wrote:
>
> Thaddeus Vick asked:
>
> > Could we use {mumHa'} to say "I don't like the flavor."?
>
> Ignoring for the moment a literal translation of "distaste," wouldn't
> something like the above suggest that it is the item eaten that is doing
> the tasting? That can't be right.
Er, I didn't mean that as the whole sentence, but as a possible
word that could be used in expressing the idea. A possible sentence
would be {qagh mumHa' verengan}.
wIvqu', law'wI'pu'vaD Holtej jIH
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