[999] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: verbs in compounds (was: Re: epithets (taHqeq))
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Thu Jun 17 02:22:31 1993
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From: Captain Krankor <krankor@codex.prds.cdx.mot.com>
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 93 15:07:12 -0400
>> > French didn't have a word for "weekend", so they say "le weekend"; by now
>>I'm sure they think it's a French word.
>> Likely previously they said 'samedi et dimanche' or the like.
>Mais alors c'e/tait depuis longtemps possible a\ dire "le fin de semaine"....
Well spoken, and basically confirms what I'm saying. No word, no
problem; they just used a descriptive phrase, and I'm sure even in
the most urgent communiques they never felt overly burdened by it
being 4 words and 5 syllables.
--Krankor
