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Re: Stovokor

Alan Anderson ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol po'wI']

ja' Shane MiQogh:

>> ghe'torDaq jIHchugh, DaquvHa'lu'ta'.
> "If you're in grethor, one has dishonored you."

toH!  muj DIp qa'meH Dalo'ta'bogh.  <jIH> DawIvta', 'ach qechlIj  
DamuchmeH 'utlaw' <SoH>.  'ej chaq pab pIm poQ qechlIj, jIH'e'  
choqelbe'law'mo'.

I understand now.  My previous confusion stems from two sources.   
First, you used {jIH} when you meant {SoH}.  Second, you probably  
don't really want to use {SoH} anyway, unless you literally mean the  
person you are talking to.  Klingon uses the indefinite subject to  
carry the idea often expressed with an impersonal/general "you" in  
English.

(Oh, and one other nagging irritation -- you should learn to trim  
your quoted text.  Your brief responses are nearly lost at the end of  
the copy of what you're responding to, and it's sometimes difficult  
to tell what part of the previous post you're addressing.)

-- ghunchu'wI'

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