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Re: KLBC: My first!

• From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: KLBC: My first!
• Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 11:21:03 -0700
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> Hey!

> This would be my first original Klingon
> phrase; I drew as inspiration some quotes
> from The Klingon Way (which I
> just got tonight!) and my own respect for my
> family history. How about the following:


> I am my father's son.
> vavwIj puqloD jIH.

> pagh, does that work?

Only if you want to insult your father ;-) The problem here is the <-wIj>
suffix on <vav>. For nouns that represent beings capable of using language,
you need to use the suffix <-wI'>. Using the regular suffix is insulting.

The rest is fine, though.

maj.


pagh
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