tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Dec 01 14:52:31 1999
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RE: KLBC: tuv'el mu'tlheghmey QIp
- From: Burt Clawson <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: tuv'el mu'tlheghmey QIp
- Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 15:24:28 -0700
ja' voragh:
> tuv'el:
> > jItlhab; ngem Ha'DIbaH vIrurmo' chovuSlaHbe'.
> > You cannot limit me, because I'm as free as a forest animal.
>
> pagh:
> : maj. Good use of an idiom.
>
> Agreed. tuv'el's sentences are always interesting.
>
qatlho'.
> A stylistic point: I'd move {-mo'} and re-order the clauses thus:
>
> chovuSlaHbe' jItlhabmo'; ngem Ha'DIbaH vIrur.
>
I *like* the sentence this way.
> The reason you can't limit me is because I'm free, not because I resemble
> a
> forest animal.
>
> ?jItlhabmo' chovuSlaHbe'; ngem Ha'DIbaH vIrur.
>
I came up with this exact sentence at first, but I didn't like the
idea of braeking up the simile either.
- tuv'el