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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] X which are not Y
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (DloraH)
Fri Mar 22 08:22:08 2019
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Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 07:22:01 -0500
From: DloraH <seruq@bellsouth.net>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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You are assuming that a "but" would only lead to "hate".
Sure, with tribbles it could be obvious.
Ha'DIbaH vIparHa', 'ach vIghro' ... vIparHa'qu'.
(Not saying I love cats. Just using this as an example.)
- DloraH
On Fri, 22 Mar 2019 01:10:55 -0400
Ed Bailey <bellerophon.modeler@gmail.com> wrote:
> There's no word for "but not" in Klingon (particularly to link nouns!)
> but you don't need to complete a sentence if the listener knows what
> you're going to say. If you say {Ha'DIbaH vIparHa' 'ach yIH}, it's
> bloody obvious how you feel about tribbles.
>
> On 3/21/19, qurgh lungqIj <qurgh@wizage.net> wrote:
> > I would personally reword things to say it differently. What's the
> > bigger idea that you are trying to say?
> >
> > eg: "I like all animals which are not tribbles" - "I like all
> > animals but I dislike tribbles" - "Ha'DIbaH vIparHa' 'ach yIH vIpar"
> >
> > qurgh
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 8:17 PM Christa Hansberry
> > <chransberry@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> If I wanted to say, for example, "animals which are not tribbles",
> >> how would I do it? I don't think *yIHmey bIHbe'bogh
> >> Ha'DIbaHmey('e'?)* would be
> >> grammatical... but is there a good way to say it?
> >>
> >> -QISta'
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