tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 03 10:19:10 2000
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Re: obtuse question
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- Subject: Re: obtuse question
- Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 13:18:48 EDT
jatlh SuStel:
> tay'taHghach boSIQjaj.
> May you endure continued togetherness.
jatlh quljIb:
> Good point. Forgot that <-ghach> forms a noun. In which case <tay'ghachraj
> taHjaj> "May your togetherness (i.e., marriage) endure."
jatlh SuStel:
> No. First of all, you wouldn't put /-ghach/ on a verb without already
> having another verb suffix on it. Klingons consider this to be a marked
> word. Imagine someone used the word "collapsation." You know what they
> mean, and it appears to follow the rules of English, yet it isn't right.
> This is the effect that /tay'ghach/ has for Klingons. You need another verb
> suffix first.
Ah. DaH vIyaj.
quljIb