[tlhIngan Hol] Expressing "many times" workaround

[SuStel]

On 1/1/2017 11:30 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
> many times in the past I have been wanting to find a way to express 
> "many times".
>
> now, I am certain that someone will say "what's wrong with {pIj} or 
> {roD} ?"
>
> and the answer is, that there is nothing wrong with them. however, 
> apart the subtle difference between "often/many times/customarily", 
> there is another reason for needing this alternate way of expression.
>
> if you are writing a long post, you need to have alternate ways of 
> expressing the same thing, in order to be able to avoid repeating the 
> same word over and over. so, the more alternate ways of expression we 
> have the better.
>
> now, in order to demonstrate this wonderful workaround that came to 
> mind, lets use an example inspired by the recent tragic events which 
> took place at another thread..
>
> "many times I have told you I will never again use punctuation marks".
>
> before today, the only ways I could translate this would be:
>
> {pIj qajatlhta', not ghItlhmeH mu'tlhegh Degh vIlo'qangqa'}
> or
> {roD qajatlhta', not ghItlhmeH mu'tlhegh Degh vIlo'qangqa'}
>
> however, there is an additional way of saying this:
>
> {SaDlogh qajatlhta', not ghItlhmeH mu'tlhegh Degh vIlo'qangqa'}
> a thousand times I have told you, I will never again use punctuation 
> marks.
>
> of course, instead of {SaDlogh}, we can say {vatlhlogh} {netlhlogh}, 
> {'uy'logh} and so on.
>
> while writing, because I often wanted to say "many times", I was dying 
> to be able to write {law'logh}, but of course I couldn't.
>
> luckily, now I found a way to compensate. maj. another problem 
> solved.. Qapla' !

*qajatlhta' 'ej qajatlhta' 'ej qajatlhta'* --> {([ *,* ])} <-- OOPS 
*not* /punctuation/*vIlo'qa'*

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SuStel
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