tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jul 26 14:03:29 1997
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Re: use of wa'
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: use of wa'
- Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 17:03:20 -0400 ()
- Priority: NORMAL
On Thu, 24 Jul 1997 14:11:30 -0700 (PDT) Marc Paige
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Is this grammatical and does it make sense:
>
> Duj lupuvbogh wa' jIH
>
> My intent is:
>
> I am one of those who fly the ship.
This is one of those thoughts which needs to be expressed from a
totally unrelated angle. Start with the thought, not the
sentence.
Dujvetlh beq jIH. I am that ship's crewman.
"To fly a ship" is probably idiomatic. Do you navigate?
Arguably, the ENGINES fly the ship.
> ---------------
> SI'IluD
> wa'Hu' jIboghbe'
>
>
charghwI'