tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Feb 21 12:52:53 2001

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Re: KLBC - Valentines Day



Hey!  My grammar mistake was actually absolutely a correct statement! Some
men are toxic to women!


----- Original Message -----
From: "Stauffer, Tad E (staufte7)" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 8:11 AM
Subject: RE: KLBC - Valentines Day


>
> mara said:
>
> > jImobmo' jIQuch.  loD vIghajnISHa'
> >
> The first sentence here is good.
>
> For the second sentence, there's a problem with the suffix {-Ha'}. Even
> though {-Ha'} is called a rover, it always goes right after the verb. So
you
> could say {loD vIghajHa'nIS}. This could be used to mean what you
intended,
> "not only do I not need a man... having one would make me miserable
again".
> Since {-Ha'} can indicate that something is being undone, it could mean
that
> you had a man, but you need to stay away from him now.
>
> Also, consider using the verb {poQ} ("require, demand") instead of {ghaj}
> ("have, possess").
>
> - taD
>
>


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