tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon May 05 22:49:56 1997
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RE: yIHmey
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: yIHmey
- Date: Tue, 6 May 97 05:41:00 UT
[email protected] on behalf of DaQtIq wrote:
> >I agrree. "being difficult" somehow doesn't go with a "beneficiary"
> >[...]
> >I think, "being useful" goes very well with the concept of benefiting
> >someone/something, though.
>
> I agree; it seems intuitive to my English mind, but I don't want to assume
> it makes sense to a Klingon mind. If <Qu'vaD lI' De'vam> makes sense,
> does <Qu'vaD lI'be' De'vam> also?
I don't see why not. "Beneficiary" does not mean that something good happens
to it. "This information is not useful." The mission is then said to be the
beneficiary of this non-usefulness. The mission is what "gets" the
non-usefulness of the data.
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SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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