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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: nural
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (De'vID)
Mon Dec 23 06:13:58 2013
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Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 12:13:42 +0100
From: "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com>
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On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Christopher Kidder-Mostrom <
cokidder@cbtheatre.org> wrote:
> So, it is then also the word for he/she/it is violent to us?
>
Sort of but not really. {ral} is "be violent" not "be violent to". So if a
Klingon were to try to interpret {nural} as a sentence, it'd be "he/she/it
violents us" or "they violent us". It would sound ungrammatical to them the
same way the corresponding "it violents us" sounds ungrammatical to us.
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_e=
xtra"><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Christoph=
er Kidder-Mostrom <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:cokidder@cbtheatr=
e.org" target=3D"_blank">cokidder@cbtheatre.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">So, it is then also the wor=
d for he/she/it is violent to us?</div></blockquote></div><div class=3D"gma=
il_extra">
<br></div>Sort of but not really. {ral} is "be violent" not "=
;be violent to". So if a Klingon were to try to interpret {nural} as a=
sentence, it'd be "he/she/it violents us" or "they viol=
ent us". It would sound ungrammatical to them the same way the corresp=
onding "it violents us" sounds ungrammatical to us.<br clear=3D"a=
ll">
<div><br></div>-- <br>De'vID
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