[3108] in tlhIngan-Hol
prefixes on pronouns
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Thu Feb 10 17:21:56 1994
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From: shoulson@ctr.columbia.edu (Mark E. Shoulson)
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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 1994 17:13:04 -0500
In-Reply-To: Mark E. Shoulson's message of Thu, 10 Feb 1994 10:06:52 -0500 <199
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>From: shoulson@ctr.columbia.edu (Mark E. Shoulson)
>Date: Thu, 10 Feb 1994 10:06:52 -0500
>>From: Captain Krankor <krankor@codex.prds.cdx.mot.com>
>>Date: Wed, 9 Feb 94 18:17:29 -0700
>>How would you say: "Stop whining and be a Klingon!"
>>I submit:
>>bIvIngtaH 'e' yImev 'ej tlhIngan yISoH!
>Sorry, Krankor, I have to agree with charghwI' here. No way am I going to
>accept this one. "tlhIngan yIDa" is the best way to express this; that's
>why the Holy Blissful Grammarian gave us "Da".
Oh, and on those rare cases where even "Da" doesn't work for you (e.g. "Be
a doctor when you grow up!"; I don't want you just to *act* like one),
consider the verb "moj", to become.
~mark
