tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Sep 18 11:57:10 1997
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Re: [KLBC] RHOTS
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: [KLBC] RHOTS
- Date: Thu, 18 Sep 97 18:37:37 UT
[email protected] on behalf of Qov wrote:
> At 11:17 AM 9/17/97 -0700, Duncan wrote:
>
> >lo'laHqu' jIH! tugh jIHegh, 'ej pe'ruDaq mumol, puH wIQIH.
> >I'm worth millions! Soon I'll be dead, and they'll bury me out
> >here in Peru, the land I helped ruin as a boy.
> Does the speaker have a specific "they" in mind, or does he just
> mean that he will be buried? Consider using a {-lu'} construction
> to express this. The construction "... Peru, the land I..." needs to
> be taken as "... Peru, the land which I ..." Or you can move it to
> a separate sentence. Some people do not believe that {-bogh} can be
> used in this sort of clause, and would insist you move it to a
> separate sentence.
Also, {lo'laH} is a verb, and needs a prefix. {jIlo'laHqu'} "I'm really
valuable!" / "I'm worth millions!"
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