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Re: about

MorphemeAddict ([email protected])

• From: [email protected]
• Subject: Re: about
• Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 05:53:59 EST

In a message dated 2004-03-28 5:24:58 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
[email protected] writes:

> These are no translations for "about", but examples that show that it's 
> possible to say it without using the 
> word. For instance, your "I'm thinking about my birthday" is just {qoSwIj 
> vIbuS}.
> 
> Quvar.
> 
they may not be translations of 'about', but they are ways to translate 
'about'.  if the word has many translations (and no single good one), then they 
should all be collected together, just as you have done, to help beginners and 
others figure out how to say what they want.  
one of the reasons i find klingon difficult to learn is that, even though 
there are often easy ways to express certain ideas, they are very different from 
the ways i am used to.  trying to come up with them on my own is a huge amount 
of work, and not always worth it.  an english-klingon dictionary should have 
a way to translate ANY english word, not just the ones that are in a 
klingon-english dictionary.  
lay'tel SIvten

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