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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] -moH on ghoS and jaH

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Anderson)
Wed Feb 20 14:57:37 2019

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On Feb 20, 2019, at 2:48 PM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
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> If the enemy commander goes from his chair to the prison, then why write q=
uSDajDaq, instead of quSDajvo' ?

=E2=80=9C=46rom his chair=E2=80=9D is idiomatic English for the idea of some=
one doing something while sitting in his chair. It does not express the kind=
 of motion away from the chair that would call for using Klingon {-vaD}.

-- ghunchu'wI'=

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utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr"><span style=3D"background-=
color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">On Feb 20, 2019, at 2:48 PM, mayqel qunenoS &=
lt;<a href=3D"mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com">mihkoun@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>=
</span><font color=3D"#000000"><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); bac=
kground-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></div><blockquote t=
ype=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"auto"><font color=3D"#000000"><spa=
n style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0=
);">If the enemy commander goes from his chair to the prison, then why write=
 quSDajDaq, instead of quSDajvo' ?</span></font></div></div></blockquote><di=
v><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">=E2=80=9C=46rom=
 his chair=E2=80=9D is idiomatic English for the idea of someone doing somet=
hing while sitting in his chair. It does not express the kind of motion away=
 from the chair that would call for using Klingon {-vaD}.</div></div></div><=
br><div dir=3D"ltr">-- ghunchu'wI'</div></body></html>=

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