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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] paq'batlhDaq mu'tlhegh
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (De'vID)
Thu Feb 23 17:45:02 2017
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From: "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 16:39:05 +0100
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On 22 February 2017 at 00:55, Brian Cote
<wearetheinformation00@gmail.com> wrote:
> DaHjaj <<paq'batlh>> vIlaDqa' 'ej mu'tlheghvam vItu':
>
> "quv vuv nuv pagh ghajbogh neH"
> /Honor is for those with nothing to loose!/
> (paq'raD 19:15)
>
> muj mu'tlheghvam pab 'e' vIHar, qar'a'?
I think it's an instance of apposition... maybe.
It's probably just bending the rules to get the rhyming pattern of
{quv vuv nuv}.
> vaj vIlughmoH 'ej mu'tlheghvam vIlIng:
>
> "quv vuv pagh ghajbogh neH nuv'e'"
I think the {neH} should follow {nuv}, in the meaning that you want.
You want to say "only someone who has nothing" not "someone who merely
has nothing".
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