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Re: Question for KLBC - My hand hurts

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI')
Sat Nov 28 12:42:07 2009

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From: "ghunchu'wI'" <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:41:15 -0500
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On Nov 28, 2009, at 1:00 AM, Philip Scott wrote:

> Hello fellow linguists.How do you say something hurts.  Does it  
> work like English?
> *'oy' ghopwij*

That seems to be the correct usage.

> Or is it more like my hand is hurting me
> *mu'oy' ghopwij*

That would be {mu'oy'moH ghopwIj}.  However, the verb {'aw'} "sting"  
does work this way: {mu'aw' mInDu'wIj} "my eyes sting" from Power  
Klingon.

-- ghunchu'wI'




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