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Re: yIlop! wa'leS chaq maHegh!

• From: "Neal Schermerhorn" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: yIlop! wa'leS chaq maHegh!
• Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 21:49:46 -0400

ghItlh Voragh:

>We do, in fact, know that {lop} can take an object:
>
>'oy'naQ Dalo'be'chugh not nenghep lop puq. (TKW)
>
>Heghtay lulop latlh tlhInganpu'. (S31)
>
>nentay loptaHvIS tlhIngan potlh tlhIngan 'oy'naQ'e.' (S32)

I stand corrected - actually I sit corrected - there is canon to say we can
celebrate something. Yet these objects are all Rites or other Klingon ritual
events. The sentence in question (Before we celebrate our victory, we need
to defeat the last enemy) needs a generic noun in the object place. Perhaps
there is no reason for difference. I think there might be, though.

Qermaq

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