tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Feb 17 06:48:39 1999
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RE: jatlh
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: jatlh
- Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 07:51:07 -0700
jatlh muHwI':
> {pagh Dajatlh}
> "You speak nothing." (= you don't speak any languages)
> "You say nothing." (= you are being silent)
> {pagh bIjatlh}
> "You say PAGH." (= You said our BG's name)
> "You say NOTHING" (= You say the word "nothing")
> lugh'a' mu'tlheghmeyvam?
HIja'. I like to include <>'s as quotation marks with quotes to make things
clearer, but you certainly don't need to. Also, the quotation can go either
before or after the <jatlh>:
<pagh> bIjatlh.
bIjatlh <pagh>.
pagh
Beginners' Grammarian