tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Sep 18 09:10:16 2013
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Ozymandias
On Sep 18, 2013, at 11:17 AM, Steven Boozer <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I met a traveller from an antique land
>> Sep ngo'qu'vo' lengpu'bogh vay' vIqIH.
>
> ... why not simply say {lengwI'} "traveller" instead of {lengpu'bogh vay'} "someone who has travelled"? E.g.
>
> Sep tIQvo' lengwI' vIqIH
He has traveled from there. You didn't meet him from there (if that can even make sense). The phrasing with {lengpu'bogh} is clearly superior.
-- ghunchu'wI'
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