[tlhIngan Hol] Vanitas Vanitatum et Omnia Vanitas

[mayqel qunenoS]

maj. I'll update my notes right away.

qunnoH
ghogh HablI'wIjvo' vIngeHta'

On 10 Oct 2016 2:06 p.m., "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 10 October 2016 at 12:11, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
> > De'vID:
> >> {'op ret} without a unit of time is like saying "some
> >> ago" in English.
> >
> > Couldn't {'op ret} mean "some time ago" too ? Why limit it only to "some
> ago" ?
> >
> > Don't misunderstand me; I'm not trying to argue. I'm just trying to
> understand !
>
> From:
> http://klingonska.org/canon/1999-09-holqed-08-3.txt
>
> <<For other units of time (seconds,
> minutes, hours, weeks), two more
> general words are used:
>
> {ret}
> time period ago
>
> {pIq}
> time period from now
>
> (One might say that these are associated with the word {poH} <period
> of time>.) These words follow the more specific time units.>>
>
> The word {ret} has to be preceded by a unit of time (excluding days,
> months, or years, which usually use another word). {'op} is not a unit
> of time. This is what ghunchu'wI' was trying to get you to understand.
>
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> De'vID
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