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Re: Deixis and direction



jatlh peHruS:
> I think I can fill the "hole."  baHwI'pu' qellu'DI', SoH QaQ law' Hoch QaQ
> puS.
>
> However, since the construction you folks are bantering about, i.e.,
> baHwI''e' SoH QaQ law' Hoch QaQ puS, comes from MO himself, I cannot argue
> against it.  I will simply get used to using it.


Well, the original line is

qIbDaq SuvwI''e' SoH Dun law' Hoch Dun puS.
You would be the greatest warrior in the galaxy.

Granted, the Klingon does not confer the idea of the conditional as
translated (it is like that because Captain Klaa's previous line was /qIrq
vIjeylaHchugh/, "If I could defeat Kirk . . . ."

SuStel
Stardate 527.8


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