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Re: qechmey

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



ja' Jon:
> On another issue, how do you use {chang'eng}? Would "pair of shoes" be
> rendered "shoes' pair" and so {chang'eng waqmey}?

The phrase "shoes' pair" would be {waqmey chang'eng} in Klingon.

I'd interpret {chang'eng waqmey} as referring to "pair shoes" as  
opposed to some other kind of shoes...which would make me wonder what  
other kind of shoes there would be.

Since the correct usage isn't immediately obvious, my tactic would be  
to dance around the problem.  If I wanted to be clearly understood  
while talking about a pair of shoes, I'd say something first to  
establish that I was talking about shoes, and then refer to them  
simply as a {chang'eng}.

-- ghunchu'wI'





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