tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Aug 08 12:38:29 1999
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KLBC: Purpose Clauses
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: KLBC: Purpose Clauses
- Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 15:37:51 EDT
I have been looking over TKW and found a confusing sentence on page 5.
SuvmeH 'ej charghmeH bogh tlhInganpu'.
Klingons are born to fight and conquer.
I do not understand the use of {'ej} in this sentence. TKD says that {'ej} is
only used to connect sentences, but in this case, it appears to connect two
purpose clauses: {SuvmeH} and {charghmeH}. {SuvmeH} isn't a complete
sentence, is it? Why isn't this sentence:
SuvmeH bogh tlhInganpu' 'ej charghmeH bogh chaH.
Klingons are born for fighting and they are born for conquering.
- DujHoD