tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Mar 21 17:25:22 1999
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Re: KLBC: {-ghach} (was Re: qama')
- From: TPO <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: {-ghach} (was Re: qama')
- Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 20:25:41 -0500
>... But are not brevity and directness also halmarks of {tlhIngan
>Hol}? Why would a Klingon say:
>
>{jIHvaD bel nobtaH wam}-or-
>{bel munobtaH wam} "To hunt gives me pleasure"
>{mubeltaH wam} "To hunt pleases me /It pleases me to hunt"
>{jIwam(taH)meH jIbel} "Because I hunt (am hunting), I am pleased"
>{mubelmoH chon} "The hunt pleases me"
>{jIHvaD bel nob chon}-or-
>{bel munob chon} "The hunt gives me pleasure"
>
>When what he means is
>
>{mubelmoH wamtaHghach} "Hunting pleases me"
>{bel munob wamtaHghach} "Hunting give me pleasure"
These are shorter/quicker ??
(I'll let the grammarian discuss your grammer)
jIwammo' jIbel
DloraH