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Re: A challenge

• From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: A challenge
• Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 20:24:47 -0500
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

ja' charghwI':
>How would you propose to translate the following sentence?
>
>"It is not too dark for me to find the path to my home."

This idea runs into what I think is the one truly weak area of Klingon
grammar.  You're trying to express the negation of something which is
not true, and I've found that Klingon works better if you just say what
*is* true.

Hurghqu'bej, 'ach juHwIj He vISamlaH.

-- ghunchu'wI' 'utlh

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