tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue May 13 13:37:27 1997
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Re: Must
- From: "SuSvaj" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Must
- Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 16:43:29 -0400
> I think {jISopnIS} translates best as "I need food"; no "real" verb
> there, emphasis on the nouns "I" and "food". "need" merely relates
> the two. In Klingon {-nIS} _modifies_ the _sentence_ {jISop} in
> its entirety, all the information contained in that is equally
> relevant for {-nIS}.
>
> HomDoq
>
I don't quite understand where you are coming from on this. The most
direct translation of <jISopnIS> is "I must eat." In most cases, there is
no real difference in meaning between that and, "I need food" but the
former is still the most literal translation.
SuSvaj