tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jul 18 09:43:50 1997
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Re: KLBC: nuch moj HoHwI'
- From: "Donald E. Vick" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: nuch moj HoHwI'
- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 09:36:59 -0700 (PDT)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "Norman Thomas" at Jul 18, 97 08:02:07 am
Hoping SuStel will forgive my usurpation, I'm picking this up in his absence.
Norman Thomas wrote:
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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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