tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Apr 10 16:51:33 2000
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RE: (KLBC) troubles with {paghmo' tIn mIS}
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: (KLBC) troubles with {paghmo' tIn mIS}
- Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 16:53:42 -0700
wa' tlhIngan mu' ngaSbogh QIn'e' qonta' veS joH:
>Yaj'a'?
jIjangmeH jIjatlh:
>wa' tlhIngan Hol mu''e' Dalo'bogh DaghItlhHa'ba'.
> I have a quick question: does this mean
> "You obviously miswrote the one Klingon word that you used."
> or
> "You obviously miswrote one Klingon word that you used."
> or can it mean either? (Of course, the only difference
> between the two sentences in English is the presence or
> absence of the definite article, which Klingon obviously
> lacks.)
It could mean either. In this context, it's obviously the first meaning, and
context will generally make the correct meaning apparent.
pagh
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