tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Sep 04 11:53:25 1997
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Re: KLBC:be'nI'HeywIj
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC:be'nI'HeywIj
- Date: Thu, 4 Sep 97 07:32:36 UT
[email protected] on behalf of Alan Anderson wrote:
> The grammatically correct English should be "If she *were* a Klingon...",
> using something called the "subjunctive mood", referring to a hypothetical
> situation. Klingon doesn't deal with hypotheticals very well, apparently
> preferring to deal with what *is* rather than what is not.
jatlhDI' *martaq* Sa' "The human fascination with what might have been is
tiresome, Doctor" (wo' negh), jIHaghqu'. qaSbe'pu'bogh DuHmey SaHbe'ba'
tlhInganpu'.
(General Martok apparently agrees with ghunchu'wI''s statement.)
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