tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 15 10:38:07 2001
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RE: More proverbs
- From: "De'vID" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: More proverbs
- Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 13:39:50 -0500
- Importance: Normal
> jatlh De'vID:
> > qech Qub yab 'ej lajbe'laH, vaj nIvqu' yab.
> > -- Aristotle
> > ("It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain
> > a thought without accepting it.")
> >
> > Comments?
HomDoq:
> nIvchugh yab, QIv nuq? QIv'a' qech?
>
> i.e., in my mind you don't say what is superior to what.
> a possible reading of your Klingon sentence is
>
> "Minds think thoughts and they can reject them.
> Thus, minds are quite superior."
>
> see my point?
You're right. I need some {-chugh}s and also probably {-vam}
on the second {yab} to link it to the first one. I'll
have to heavily revise this one in light of all the other
suggestions, such as using {'Itlh}.
--
De'vID
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