tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Nov 19 07:52:28 1999

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RE: KLBC Another simple one.



You have angered me.
	jIH tuQeH...something. Past tense. How is past tense expressed? I
know I've seen it before, but I can't seem to find it now. Was I even close?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marc Ruehlaender [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 7:34 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: KLBC Help with a word... 
> 
> 
> 
> ja' pagh:
> >  najlu'chu'DI', wanI' Dun law' yuch Dun puS.
> > 
> > So what this literally means is "When one dreams perfectly, 
> the event is
> > better than chocolate". By far the best way to translate it 
> into English is:
> > "A good dream is better than chocolate".
> > 
> this is really bugging me :(
> 
> the way I'd interpret sentences like this is:
> "the event (whatever it may be) is better than chocolate,
> but this statement is true only at those times when one 
> dreams perfectly"
> 
> jInaj. vaj qaja'laH <<wanI'vam Dun law', yuch Dun puS.>>
> I have dreamt/I dreamed. Therefore I can tell you:
> "This is greater than chocolate."
> 
>                                            Marc Ruehlaender
>                                            aka HomDoq
>                                            [email protected]
> 


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