tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jun 29 10:23:28 1999
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Re: RE: vIjeylu'be'
- From: TPO <cheesbro@rpa.net>
- Subject: Re: RE: vIjeylu'be'
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 13:23:13 -0400
>> Now, does this mean "Not everybody refuses"?
>
>Not even close. Realise that there is no such thing as a
>negative suffix for nouns. {HochHa'} is meaningless. {Hoch'a'}
>means "The Great Everyone" or "The Specially Signficant
>Everything". {pagh luQo'} means "They refuse nothing."}
>
>What you have chosen to say is actually a little tricky. I'd
>probably cast it something like:
>
>Qo' 'op nuv 'ach Qo'be' Hoch.
>
>"Some people refuse, but everyone does not refuse." I can't
>immediately think of a shorter, clear way to say that.
That sound like the second line contradicts the first.
KGT gives us HochHom - most
Qo' 'op nuv. Qo'be' HochHom
DloraH