tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Nov 29 14:32:08 1999
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RE: KLBC: DaH jIjeSqa'
- From: Burt Clawson <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: DaH jIjeSqa'
- Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 15:25:23 -0700
ja' charghwI':
>
> bIlughba'. jIQubchu'be'pu'. Basically, I was trying to make some
> kind of sense out of the original statement, and if the person
> making the statement was uncertain, then it was gibberish
> because the statement conflicts with itself. Unfortunately, the
> original statement is lost here and I don't have the
> determination to go back and find it. There are, unfortunately,
> limits to how much I care about this example. It is definitely
> stretching the comparative structure beyond its original intent
> and basically is broken. I was trying to help salvage it and I
> failed.
>
> charghwI'
>
[Burt Clawson] I started this one. I was looking for a way to
express the idea: "I know more than I thought I did," or "I remember more
[Klingon] than I believed I was capable of."