tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Sep 12 14:56:47 2001
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RE: klbc:Off topic
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: klbc:Off topic
- Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 15:46:16 -0400
jatlh taD:
>I have one suggestion for adding to your sentence. According to KGT, on
>page
>49, it says that the verb suffix {-neS} can be used to indicate "that
>suicide is part of the plan of the attack". So you could add this to the
>first word here, and say:
>
>{nuHIvta'neS} "They have suicide-attacked us"
>
>Remember that according TKD, {-neS} is a type-8 verb suffix and {-ta'} is a
>type-7 verb suffix. So {-neS} goes after {-ta'}.
>It's not *necessary* that you add {-neS} to the sentence like this, but it
>could add a certain meaning that is absent in the original sentence.
Let's keep in mind that a suicide attack would usually be considered an
honorable way to die; thus the use of the "honorific" suffix /-neS/. I
doubt that most people on this list would want to think of it this way.
Unless you're intentionally taking a purely Klingon point of view, /HIvneS/
may not be appropriate in this context. Correct, but not appropriate.
SuStel
Stardate 1699.7
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