tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 28 11:30:08 1999
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Re: Star Trek : Klingon! CD-Rom Game observation
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Star Trek : Klingon! CD-Rom Game observation
- Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 14:29:45 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
- Priority: NORMAL
On Tue, 28 Dec 1999 14:13:50 EST [email protected] wrote:
> In a message dated 99-12-28 11:19:41 EST, you write:
>
> << > pIj *KCD* vIQujpu'. reH munuQpu' vIDellaHbe'bogh vay'.
>
> Anybody capable of using grammar of this sophistication should
> work a little harder on word order. Direct objects preceed
> verbs, even in relative clauses. Also, I suspect you wanted the
> verb {ghov} instead of {Del}.
> >>
>
> I wasn't certain which verb would better carry the connotation I was looking
> for. What I wanted to convey is carried by the *other* Terran colloquialism,
> "Something which I could not quite put my finger on"...I went with
> Del<describe> as a variant on "define", but it really doesn't quite work,
> either. Anyone else have any ideas ?
Well, {ghov} was one suggestion. Perhaps better is {ngu'}.
> juDmoS
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