tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Apr 12 23:08:40 2001
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RE: KLBC: Grammer questions
ja'pu' qonwI':
>4. What can I use for "with" as in "I talked/stayed/ate/etc. with
>[someone's name]"?
ja' pagh:
>Often, this idea can be expressed by using the verb {tlhej} ("accompany").
>Sometimes a single, long English sentence can broken down into two smaller
>Klingon sentences. For example, "I ate dinner with Torg" could be said in
>Klingon as these two sentences:
>{'uQ vISop.} "I ate dinner."
>{mutlhej torgh.} "Torg accompanied me."
The other common way to do it is to realize that "I [did something with]
him" is usually the same idea as "He and I [did something]." The second
phrasing can be translated directly (assuming there's a simple verb for the
action).
{'uQ wISop torgh jIH je} "Torg and I ate dinner."
-- ghunchu'wI' 'utlh