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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] -Ha' on adverbs

Felix Malmenbeck ([email protected])



ghItlhta' Quvar,
> I think that would be understandable, right? Even in english "un-soon"
> is quite close to "late".

I'd interpret «tughHa'» as referring to a future event (relative to the setting); basically the equivalent of «poH nI' pIq».
For "not answering sooner", I might recommend something like «jIjangta'pa' jImImtaH».
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From: Klingonteacher [[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 14:55
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] -Ha' on adverbs

ghItlh QeS 'utlh:
> As Qov said, Marc basically implied that -Ha' is *grammatically* legal
> on any adverb, but for some it's semantically nonsensical. It was

I just wrote an email starting with "sorry for not answering sooner" and
I wrote {tughHa' jIjangmo' jItlhIj}.

I think that would be understandable, right? Even in english "un-soon"
is quite close to "late".

Lieven.


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