tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Nov 25 14:23:00 2009
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Re: The topic marker -'e'
On Nov 25, 2009, at 1:44 PM, Christopher Doty wrote:
>> Now take any verb of quality in Klingon and put {-lu'} on it. Try to
>> translate it into English using passive voice. Most of the time you
>> will fail.
>>
>> {bIr} "he is cold"
>> {bIrlu'} "...?"
>
> Yeah, but you can't do this in English either, as you note with your
> lack of translation. "He is colded (by the wind)" is nonsensical.
"Either"? I think you misunderstood what I was trying to say. You
*can* do it in Klingon, but its translation into English does not
involve passive voice. My point is that you can't translate {bIrlu'}
into English as passive voice.
-- ghunchu'wI'