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Re: Testing.

MorphemeAddict ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol taghwI']



In a message dated 2004-12-05 9:05:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
[email protected] writes:

> The way I understand {-ghach}, it would only work in this case if 
> "subscription" meant the act of subscribing, rather than an actual 
> membership (which the site seems to be asking for). IMO, it would be 
> impossible to buy a {muvta'ghach}; you could only {muv}, and the act of 
> {muv}ing is the {muvta'ghach}. That may involve transfer of money, but 
> that's part of the {muvta'ghach}: the action of joining. Once you're 
> subscribed, you don't have a {muvta'ghach} any more. That's the way I see 
> it: in the verb-focused grammar of Klingon, {-ghach} refers to an action (in 
> this case, subscribing), not to any result of the action (the subscription 
> or membership).
> 

jIQochbe'chu'.

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