tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Mar 04 19:03:32 1997
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RE: Procurando por alguem
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Procurando por alguem
- Date: Tue, 4 Mar 97 23:54:46 UT
jatlh Edy Fonseca:
> No! But it's not important now. I have to walk on my own steps!
> Trying to convert it in klingon:
>
> ghobe'! 'ach DaH potlhbe' 'oH. qampu'wI' jIyIt
When talking about feet, you must use the {-Du'} plural suffix, for body
parts. And you use {-wIj} for them. To use {-wI'} implies that your feet are
sentient and can speak!
You've said, "I walk. My feet." You must expand the sentence for it to work.
Here's an example:
jIyItmeH qamDu'wIj vIlo'nIS.
I must use my feet in order to walk.
But in Klingon, this comes out as sounding rather circular . . .
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SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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