[Tlhingan-hol] Fwd: Question regarding purpose clauses

De'vID jonpIn de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com
Fri May 4 09:27:34 PDT 2012


lojmIt tI'wI' nuv:
>> Either I missed something or the more complete transcript was not included.

loghaD:
> 'Twas, but it wasn't all in one place:
> http://klingonska.org/canon/search/?file=1998-01-18b-news.txt&get=source
> Basically, the original poster asks if {qaSuchmeH jIpaSqu'} is an okay way to say "I was too late to visit you". Marc responds that it means something more like that the visit did or will take place (though later, perhaps, than desired), and provides suggestions on how to say what the original poster wanted to say.

loghaD, I'm not sure if you realise this or not, but lojmIt tI'wI' nuv
IS the original poster of that message!  I just thought it was funny
that you're referring to him in the third person when talking to him.

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De'vID



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