tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Sep 07 20:12:02 1997
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Re: lut tlhaQ
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: lut tlhaQ
- Date: Sun, 7 Sep 1997 23:12:20 -0400 ()
- Priority: NORMAL
On Mon, 25 Aug 1997 23:49:27 -0700 (PDT) David Trimboli
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Stardate 97652.3 muHwI' wrote:
>
> > > Qu' wa': cha'vatlhben HIq HIvje' naQ DatlhutlhnIS.
> > What does {cha'vatlhben} mean?
> > maybe {cha'vatlh ben}?
> > Then it would mean "two hundred years ago liquor"...
>
> Actually, KGT expands the definition of {ben} to include "years old." You
> still can't use it to describe your age, but you can use it to describe the
> age of some specified noun.
>
> cha'vatlh ben HIq
> two hundred year old ale
>
> Perhaps also
>
> wej bej puq
> three year old child.
Actually, that means, "The child does not yet watch." If you
include slang, it also means "The child is not yet certain."
Your right index finger missed on the keyboard. You meant
{wejben puq}.
> --
> SuStel
> Stardate 97651.7
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