tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 04 09:39:32 1999

[Alan Anderson <aranders@netusa1.net>]

ja'pu' charghwI':
>How many people here know the
>meaning of "third cousin twice removed", anyway?
 
nuv "cousin" wa'DIch ghaH nuvvam vav vav puq puq'e'.  
vavnI' rap lughaj "cousin"-pu' wa'DIch.

nuv "cousin" cha'DIch ghaH nuvvam vav vav vav puq puq puq'e'. 
vavnI' vav rap lughaj "cousin"-pu' cha'DIch.
"cousin" cha'DIch chaH "cousin" wa'DIch "cousin" wa'DIch'e'.

nuv "cousin" wejDIch ghaH nuvvam vav vav vav vav puq puq puq puq'e'.

'ej taH.

wa'logh yaHbogh "cousin" ghaH "cousin" puq'e' je.
cha'logh yaHbogh ghaH "cousin" puq puq'e' je.  

'ej taH.

vaj cha'logh yaHbogh "cousin"-wI' wejDIch vIQIj:
vavwI' vav vav vav puq puq puq puq puq puq ghaH.

jang SuStel:
>"My grandparent's sibling's child," or
> 
>"My grandparent's sibling's great-great-great grandchild."

ghobe'.  "First cousin once removed" ghaH nuvlI' wa'DIch.
"Second cousin three times removed" ghaH nuvlI' cha'DIch.

-- ghunchu'wI'