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Re: reH Su'ba'pa' quS yInuD. / KLBC

• From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: reH Su'ba'pa' quS yInuD. / KLBC
• Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 23:44:13 -0500
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
• References: <[email protected]>

ja' pIl'o':
>            qen jIHvaD qaSpu' wanI'.
>
>I suppose I could say <qen jIHDaq qaSpu' wanI'> 'cuz that's literally what
>happened, but it's too wierd, even for my twisted brain.

Actually, I like that a lot. :)  I wouldn't use it, but it's very cute.

>I'm trying. Hard.

I have a favorite trick for dealing with hard-to-translate concepts.
Try turning it around to make it more active:  qen wanI' vISIQpu'.

-- ghunchu'wI' 'utlh

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