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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Expressing "many times" workaround
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SuStel)
Sun Jan 1 11:54:33 2017
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On 1/1/2017 11:30 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
> many times in the past I have been wanting to find a way to express
> "many times".
>
> now, I am certain that someone will say "what's wrong with {pIj} or
> {roD} ?"
>
> and the answer is, that there is nothing wrong with them. however,
> apart the subtle difference between "often/many times/customarily",
> there is another reason for needing this alternate way of expression.
>
> if you are writing a long post, you need to have alternate ways of
> expressing the same thing, in order to be able to avoid repeating the
> same word over and over. so, the more alternate ways of expression we
> have the better.
>
> now, in order to demonstrate this wonderful workaround that came to
> mind, lets use an example inspired by the recent tragic events which
> took place at another thread..
>
> "many times I have told you I will never again use punctuation marks".
>
> before today, the only ways I could translate this would be:
>
> {pIj qajatlhta', not ghItlhmeH mu'tlhegh Degh vIlo'qangqa'}
> or
> {roD qajatlhta', not ghItlhmeH mu'tlhegh Degh vIlo'qangqa'}
>
> however, there is an additional way of saying this:
>
> {SaDlogh qajatlhta', not ghItlhmeH mu'tlhegh Degh vIlo'qangqa'}
> a thousand times I have told you, I will never again use punctuation
> marks.
>
> of course, instead of {SaDlogh}, we can say {vatlhlogh} {netlhlogh},
> {'uy'logh} and so on.
>
> while writing, because I often wanted to say "many times", I was dying
> to be able to write {law'logh}, but of course I couldn't.
>
> luckily, now I found a way to compensate. maj. another problem
> solved.. Qapla' !
*qajatlhta' 'ej qajatlhta' 'ej qajatlhta'* --> {([ *,* ])} <-- OOPS
*not* /punctuation/*vIlo'qa'*
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/1/2017 11:30 AM, mayqel qunenoS
wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote
cite="mid:CAP7F2c++pBoxJ+xnytArHm1zqB88Pje_5rSNGW27kAEM2g28gQ@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">
<div dir="auto">many times in the past I have been wanting to find
a way to express "many times".
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">now, I am certain that someone will say "what's
wrong with {pIj} or {roD} ?"</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">and the answer is, that there is nothing wrong
with them. however, apart the subtle difference between
"often/many times/customarily", there is another reason for
needing this alternate way of expression.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">if you are writing a long post, you need to have
alternate ways of expressing the same thing, in order to be
able to avoid repeating the same word over and over. so, the
more alternate ways of expression we have the better.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">now, in order to demonstrate this wonderful
workaround that came to mind, lets use an example inspired by
the recent tragic events which took place at another thread..</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">"many times I have told you I will never again
use punctuation marks".</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">before today, the only ways I could translate
this would be:</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">{pIj qajatlhta', not ghItlhmeH mu'tlhegh Degh
vIlo'qangqa'}</div>
<div dir="auto">or</div>
<div dir="auto">{roD <span style="font-family:sans-serif">qajatlhta',
not ghItlhmeH mu'tlhegh Degh vIlo'qangqa'}</span></div>
<div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><br>
</span></div>
<div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">however,
there is an additional way of saying this:</span></div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif">{SaDlogh qajatlhta', </font><span
style="font-family:sans-serif">not ghItlhmeH mu'tlhegh Degh
vIlo'qangqa'}</span></div>
<div dir="auto">a thousand times I have told you, I will never
again use punctuation marks.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">of course, instead of {SaDlogh}, we can say
{vatlhlogh} {netlhlogh}, {'uy'logh} and so on.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">while writing, because I often wanted to say
"many times", I was dying to be able to write {law'logh}, but
of course I couldn't.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">luckily, now I found a way to compensate. maj.
another problem solved.. Qapla' !</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
<br>
<p><b>qajatlhta' 'ej qajatlhta' 'ej qajatlhta'</b> --> {([ <b>,</b>
])} <-- OOPS <b>not</b> <i>punctuation</i><b> vIlo'qa'</b><br>
<br>
</p>
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