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Re: Imperatives with {-eghmoH}, round 2

Scott Willis ([email protected])

• From: "Scott Willis" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Imperatives with {-eghmoH}, round 2
• Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 09:57:15 -0500
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Subject: Re: Imperatives with {-eghmoH}, round 2


> weQqul
>  chay' Dochvam DuH?
> how is this possible?

{Doch} isn't always used as "thing" is in English. You're probably looking
for {ngoD} "fact".
And {ngoD} would be the subject of the verb {DuH} "to be possible":
{chay' DuH ngoDvam?} "How is this fact possible?"
Another possibility: {chay' DuH?} "How is it possible?"

--ngabwI'
Beginners' Grammarian,
Klingon Language Institute
http://kli.org/
HovpoH 701294.7

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