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Re: plans



ghItlh muHwI':

>So is there no way to say things like in english:
>"I want to see how a ship is..."
>"...why it is..."
>"...when it was..."
>"...where he went..." etc.

Duj chenmoHlu' 'e' vIbej vIneH.
Duj chenmoHlu'meH meq vIyaj vIneH.
Dujvam chenmoHlu'meH poH vIghoj vIneH.
Daq ghoSbogh vIbej vIneH.

>We always have to recast?

Translation is ALWAYS recasting. Sometimes a little, sometimes a lot. That's
what differentiates a language from a code.

>Can we say:
>"How is it built? I want to know that!"
>{chay' chenlu'}
>{De' vISov vIneH}

teH 'e' vIHar.

Qermaq







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