tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 05 00:05:18 1999

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Re: jIchegh tulajchugh

In a message dated 7/2/1999 11:19:47 PM US Mountain Standard Time, 
sboozer@midway.uchicago.edu writes:

<< I don't see the distinction either.  Are you a native English speaker,
 peHruS? 
 "I'll be short" is not colloquial English, at least not in American usage.
 For
 the meaning he (she?) has in mind, the phrase is indeed "I'll be brief".   >>
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HIja'.  AmericaDaq jIboghpu'.  jIQuptaHvIS China vIDabpu'mo' China Hol 
vIjatlhlaHchu'.

'a potlhbe' DaqmeyDaq maboghpu'bogh.  tlhIngan Hol wIghojtaHvIS pagh qotlh 
qaSpu'bogh Sovmaj poH.  le'qu' tlhIngan Hol.

peqIm!  poH lu'oS Hoch chovnatlhmey muchpu'bogh Voragh.

chaq "I will not take much of your time" 'oSlaH ghunchu'wI' mu'tlegh 
{jIngaj}.  'ach lughbe' 'e' vIHar.  DIvI' Hol qech rur, 'ach tlhIngan Hol 
ja'meH mIw rurbe' 'e' vIHar.  poH DaDachugh neH, vaj bIngaj qoj bInI'.

peHruS

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