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lab ghunchu'wI'
 >ja' Bartholomew Barker <[email protected]>:
 >>qarHa' 'ej qarchu' tlhInganpu' net Sov. yIlaD:
 >>...
 >>torgh: bIqarchu'. targhHey HoHta' Qugh. bIjatlh 'e' >>yImev 'ej yISop!
 >>
 >>Segh wej mojaqmey wIghaj. tIlo'!
 >
 >'ach qarbejbe' lo'vam.
 >
 >{-Hey} and its siblings are basically supposed to >indicate how certain the
 >speaker is that he has correctly identified the thing.  >You've used it here
 >as if it were an adjective meaning "be apparent".  Torg >knows very well
 >that what he's talking about isn't a targ; it just looks >something like
 >one.  Almost everyone will understand this usage, but >it's not
 >uncontroversially correct.

ghunchu'wI'vaD jIQochbe'.  targh rurbogh Ha'DIbaH'e' 'oHbe' 
targhHey'e'.  targh 'oHlaw'chugh vaj targhHey 'oH.

Absolutely:
torgh: Ha'DIbaH vIHoHta'!
Qugh: nuq 'oH?
torgh: DIch vIghajbe'. naDev targhmey lutu'lu''a'?
Qugh: malth, ghoghoS, targhHey HoHta' Qugh.

'ach chaq jIghoH'eghnIS. targh lupongqang targh rurbogh Ha'DIbaH'e' 
jIjatlhpu'.

torgh: Ha'DIbaH vIHoHta'!
Qugh: nuq 'oH?
torgh: jISovbe' jIH jay'.  malIH'eghbe'. DaSop DaneH'a' pagh Dangu' DaneH'a'?
Qugh: matlh, ghoghoS!  maSoprup!





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