tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat May 08 13:52:33 1999
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Re: Yet another X-Files translation - at least the first part...
- From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Yet another X-Files translation - at least the first part...
- Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 15:50:42 -0500
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
ja' muHwI':
>Patrick Masterson schrieb:
>>...
>> Does your mom ever mix you up?
>> (SoSra' bomISmoH'a'?.)
>You said "Do You confuse Your mothers?"
No, he correctly asked "Do you (plural) confuse your (plural) mother?"
Remember that the {-ra'} noun suffix indicates a plural *possessor*.
It doesn't say anything about the number of the noun it's attached to.
>{lImISmoH'a' SoSra'} is "Do Your mothers confuse You?", if that's what
>you wanted to say, perhabs I misunderstand your english sentence...
You certainly misunderstood his Klingon one. :-)
>Interesting that you did twist the O-V-S order, but then got the
>prefixes right (bo-).
The {bo-} prefix wouldn't have been right if the word order had been
messed up. It's perfect for the way the words were actually written.
-- ghunchu'wI'