tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Aug 17 19:19:36 2002
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RE: patlh <A> qaDmey: not good enough to even be KLBC
> >> bIHvam jIloSmo', jISot 'ej jIjotHa'.
> >
> >Prefix. /bIHvam/ is the object of /loS/.
> >bIHvam vIloSmo' ...
>
> I think the English confused me here. Because in English you wait
> _for_ something (unless you await it),
> I think I subconsciously wanted to put bIHvamvaD jIloSmo'. Never mind.
loS is glossed as "wait (for)"; both ways work.
> >> 'ach Do' pa' jIHaD neH.
> >> Fortunately, it [Cambridge] wants me to study there anyway.
>
> >The klingon is correct, but when I read it, I read the neH as "only,
> >merely".
> >That darn /neH/.
>
> wa' DoS wIqIp. But is the <'ach> suitable for "anyway"? When I
> read this back, it strikes me as:
> "But fortunately, it wants me to study there."
It seems ok to me.
DloraH, BG