tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Dec 05 12:27:07 2004
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Re: Testing.
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).
>
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