tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 30 07:42:12 1999

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Re: KLBC Help with a word...



On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, David Trimboli wrote:

> jatlh ghunchu'wI':
> > I don't understand what's bugging you about it.  The event is obviously
> > the one that was just mentioned, i.e. dreaming perfectly.  If I wanted
> > to give a "conditional" meaning to the idea, I'd use {-chugh} instead of
> > {-DI'}.
> 
> 
> I see why it's bugging him.  It could be interpreted thusly:
> 
> At a certain time (that time when someone dreams perfectly), some event is
> more wonderful than chocolate.
> 
> The obvious implication to that is that at other times, that event (whatever
> it is) is not more wonderful than chocolate.
> 
> How about this:
> 
> najchu'ghach Dun law' yuch Dun puS.
> A perfect dream is more wonderful than chocolate.

One of those few times when <-ghach> is justified. I like.


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