[tlhIngan Hol] Some women possess something special

mayqel qunenoS mihkoun at gmail.com
Thu Nov 10 10:45:59 PST 2016


SuStel:
> Because she has yet had a husband, we cannot have sex.

you're right ! my mistake.. I was aiming for "because she already had
a husband".

SuStel:
> The English convention of telling stories in the past tense doesn't apply to Klingon.

I didn't know this.. I'll remember it next time though !

qunnoq jan puqloD

On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 8:26 PM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:
> On 11/10/2016 12:26 PM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
>
> 'ach wejHa' loDnal ghajta'mo', manga'chuqlaHbe'..
>
>
> I don't understand this. Because she has yet had a husband, we cannot have
> sex.
>
> If you're trying to say because she still has a husband, don't make it
> perfective. wejHa' loDnal ghajmo' because she still has a husband. If you
> want to avoid the unattested word wejHa', you can say loDnal ghajtaHmo'
> because she continuously has a husband.
>
> The English convention of telling stories in the past tense doesn't apply to
> Klingon.
>
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