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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Story: ghuv = The Recruit - 3
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Anderson)
Thu Aug 22 17:12:17 2013
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From: Alan Anderson <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 17:11:25 -0400
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On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 9:14 PM, Robyn Stewart <robyn@flyingstart.ca> wrote:
> <loS vI' jav 'uj neH 'aD torgh> =3D =93Torg measures only 4.6 =91uj.=94 =
It=92s not
> explicit, but I hope you=92ll understand this as the vertical dimension.
In the long-defunct startrek.klingon forum on MSN, Marc Okrand once wrote:
> There are two words used for length: {'aD} and {'ab}. Both of these can
> be translated as "have a length of", but they are used somewhat
> differently. {'aD} is used in contrast with {juch} "have a width of" in
> measuring, say, a table top. {'ab}, on the other hand, is used for
> (potentially) longish, skinnyish things (for example, spears) and also
> for heights.
So {'ab} would be preferable to {'aD} in this passage.
-- ghunchu'wI'
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