tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed May 03 07:29:53 2006
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Re: KLBC
QeS:
> >>> ...I'm not sure that true adverbs can modify each other; I know
> >>> of no canon evidence either way.
Voragh:
> > I found two, though one is poetry/song:
> >
> > batlh maHeghbej 'ej yo' qIjDaq vavpu'ma' DImuv.
> > pa' reH maSuvtaHqu'
> > Then we die with honor and join our fathers in the Black Fleet
> > where we battle forever. (Anthem)
ghunchu'wI':
>How are the adverbs modifying each other here? Each is in its own
>sentence and has no apparent connection to the other.
I was looking at {pa' reH ...} but now realize that {pa'} is not an
adverbial in Klingon, but a noun used as a place-stamp. Just call me
anglocentric!
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons