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RE: KLBC: Hov Ha'DIbaH je lut



jatlh Eodrakken:

>> ghaH ghomDI' ghaH *Fahs* HolqoqDaj yajlaH 

> I struggled with this for a while, and eventually 
> decided to rephrase my whole concept.  How about:

Rephrasing the whole thing is generally a good idea when you're stuck.

> ghaH ghomDI' *Csitame *Fahs* HolqoqDaj yajlaH 
> (ghotpu'vaD Dap wabDajbogh).

> =When Csitame and the Fahs met, she understood his 
> so-called language (his noises which were nonsense 
> to the humanoids).

The part before the parentheses is pretty good. If this is the first time
*Csitame and *Fahs meet, then <qIH> is better than <ghom>. Also, you have a
redundant suffix in <*Fahs HolqoqDaj>: putting the two nouns together makes
it a posessive construction, and adding an extra posessive suffix just
doesn't work.

The bit in parentheses needs a bit of work. Since <wab> is a noun, the
<-bogh> really doesn't work. You need a verb. Try something like: ...
(ghotpu'vaD Dapna' rurbogh wabDaj)


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