tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jul 18 09:43:50 1997

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Re: KLBC: nuch moj HoHwI'



Hoping SuStel will forgive my usurpation, I'm picking this up in his absence.

Norman Thomas wrote:
> 
Was there supposed to be a sentence here?
> The killer becomes a coward.

> HoHwI'pu' moj novpu'
> The foreigners become killers.

     bIlughchu'.  majQa'.

> qej pabwI'
> The grammarians are grouchy.

     This is correct, since as TKD says, "a noun without a plural
suffix may still refer to more than one entity."

> Soppu' parHa' vulqanganpu
> Vulcans like consumers.

     {Sop} is a verb, not a noun.  Try {SopwI'pu'}.  Also, you forgot
the {'} on {vulqanganpu'}.  Otherwise correct.

wIvqu', law'wI'pu'vaD Holtej jIH
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