tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Sep 01 12:38:00 2009
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Re: Doctoral project on the Klingon language
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: Doctoral project on the Klingon language
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 15:36:14 EDT
In a message dated 9/1/2009 15:26:23 Eastern Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
> In fact, every one of these could easily have been translated "if one
> [does X]" with no loss in meaning. And so:
>
> bIQaHchugh, yIQaH!
> bIQaHmo', yIQaH!
>
> vay' DaQaHchugh, yIQaH!
> vay' DaQaHmo', yIQaH!
>
>
> When one can help, one helps. <g>
>
You yourself 'translated' it as *can* help, so it should be {bIQaHlaHmo',
yIQaH!} and {vay' DaQaHlaHmo', yIQaH!}.
lay'tel SIvten