[85295] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: "matay'DI' jIHegh vIneH!"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark J. Reed)
Tue Feb 17 16:25:48 2009
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Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:24:31 -0500
From: "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@gmail.com>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
good fit for the Federation Standard verb "love" - consider the very
Klingon sentiment {matay'DI' jIHegh vIneH} ("I want to die when we're
together").
How is one to distinguish that from the somewhat less complimentary
"When we're together, I want to die." ? :)
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@gmail.com>