tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jun 08 21:41:48 1998
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Re: KLBC: U2 Lyrics
Matt jang Qov:
>}*KLBC* chel 'e' jIqawpu'.
>}I have remembered to include 'KLBC' in the subject!
>
>Your sentence should be, literally translated,
>"I have added KLBC I remember that."
>
>KLBC vIchelta' 'e' vIqaw.
I always have problems with this sort of usage. The underlying idea ought
to be "I remembered to do it", but the Klingon comes out saying closer to
"I remembered that I did it."
I have a favored way to recast this: "I did it because I had remembered."
{KLBC vIchel jIqawta'mo'} or {jIqawta'mo' KLBC vIchel}.
-- ghunchu'wI'