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Re: KLBC: {-ghach} (was Re: qama')





On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, William H. Martin wrote:

> Hints: 
> 
> 1. See the noun {chon}. 
> 
> 2. Avoid the suffix {-ghach} whenever possible.
> 
> charghwI' 'utlh

Can you give me a good reason WHY? That's all I want.

quljIb
 
> On Sun, 21 Mar 1999 17:36:20 -0800 (PST) TPO <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> > >... 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
> 
> 



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