tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Oct 31 08:53:05 1997
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Re: Star Trek III
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Star Trek III
- Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 11:53:19 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
- Priority: NORMAL
On Thu, 30 Oct 1997 10:01:14 -0800 (PST) SuSvaj
<[email protected]> wrote:
> qaSDI' 01:24 PM 10/26/97 -0800, ghItlh Doneq:
>
> >DaHjaj *Hov leng wej: *Spock* nej* vIleghta'.
> >Today I saw Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.
> >
> >tlhInganna' chaHbe' *Qugh beqDaj je 'e' vItu'.
> >I think Kruge and his crew are no real Klingons.
> >
> >*Grissom* Qaw'ta'DI' qama'pu' neH Qugh.
>
> I would recast this as <Qaw'lu'DI' *Grissom*>, <*Grissom* Qaw'ta'DI'
> qama'pu'> means "When the prisoners destroyed the Grissom."
When you go to the trouble of correcting someone, you should
take care to get your own word order correct. You have just
said, "When one has accomplished destroying, Grissom." One
assumes you are talking to someone named Grissom, since
otherwise you have placed a subject on an indefinite subject
verb.
> SuSvaj
charghwI'