Re: Vowels

[Alan Anderson <aranders@netusa1.net>]

ja' peHruS:
>*telegrams ngeHmeH motlh loS mI'mey lo' China'nganpu'.  chovnatlh vI'ang:
>mu' {wo3} 'oS mI' 2053 'ej mu' {da4} 'oS mI' 1129.  vaj wo3 da4 mu'tlhegh
>moj.  tlhIngan Hol vImughDI' {jItIn} lu'oS.

jImIS.  mu'mey 'oSbogh patHeyvam vIyajbe'chu'.

"wo3" ngaj law' "2053" ngaj puS.  jatlhmeH "wo3" DuH law' "2053" DuH puS!
qatlh "wo3 da4" ghItlhbe'lu'?  qatlh QatlhmoHbogh pat wIvlu'?

>qep'a' javDIchDaq China'ngan Hol jatlhlaH je MO 'e' vItu'.  chobDaq
>matay'taHvIS MO pemla' jIH je, China'ngan Hol wIlo'pu'.

'ach chobDaq Sutay'taHqu'vIS, Holvetlh bolo''a'?

In case you don't realize it, I'm asking if you used it *while* you were
in the corridor.  What you said was that while you were in the corridor,
you *had* used it.  It makes it sound a lot like when you were together
in the hallway, speaking Chinese was complete.  The meaning I assume you
want and the grammatical implications of what you wrote are at odds with
one another.

-- ghunchu'wI' 'utlh