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Re: KLBC: Re: qechmey vIHutlh



At 10:23 98-03-01 -0800, HovqIj wrote:
}ja' Qov:

}> }KLBC QIn vIqon vIneHqa', 'ach poH vIghajchu'be'. Qapta' De'wI'wIj,
Qapbe'pu',
}> }Qapta', Qapbe'pu'... vaj pat vIchennISqa'chu'.
}>
}> {chen} is "take form."  You don't "take form" something. You might need to
}> cause it to take form again {vIchennISqa'moH}
}
}*English* TKD vIghajbe' 'ach  <build up> <take form> ghap 'oS mu' {chen}
}'e' ja' *pojwI'*. <build up> vIlo' 'e' vIHech. ghaytan latlh mu'mey qaq
}law'{chen}qaq puS.
}
}I don't have the English TKD, but *pojwI'* says that the word {chen}
}either represents <build up> or <take form>. I intended to use <build
}up>. Probably other words are better than {chen}.

It means that something builds up, like a pile of your slain enemies build
up, not that you build something else up.  The thing that is built up or
that takes form is the subject.  

chen laHwIj
laHwIj vIchenmoH

choyaj'a'?

Qov     [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian                 



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