tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jun 24 11:31:39 1997
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Re: Expressing age.
- From: "Donald E. Vick" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Expressing age.
- Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 07:27:03 -0700 (PDT)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "William H. Martin" at Jun 23, 97 07:59:44 pm
William H. Martin wrote:
> I still believe it is the case that, for example, I'll typically
> say in English, "I'm 42 years old." So, is today my birthday?
> Well, no. I was actually born more than 42 years ago, though not
> yet 43 years ago. But a Klingon is NEVER approximate, right? So
> I should not say, "I was born 42 years ago." I should say, "42
> years ago, I had been born." After all, 42 years before today, I
> had already been born. Now, if you ask me how old I am on my
> birthday, I'd omit the {-pu'}...
jIQochbe'. bIQIjchu'.
cha'maH cha' ben jIboghpu'.
cha'maH vagh ben SoSwI' Saw vavwI'.
wIvqu', law'wI'pu'vaD Holtej jIH
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* I just declared {Saw} to be transitive. Live with it. :)