[tlhIngan Hol] Imperatives and {-be'}

[mayqel qunenoS]

lieven:
> The clearest answer is {loDvaD tlhIngan Hol vIghojmoH}, but isn't the {loD} the one who does {ghoj}?

I still don't understand the problem here. Do you mean that there is
ambiguity in the sentence ? The only meaning I can see is "I teach
klingon for (to) the man" with the man being the one who does the
learning.

qunnoq

On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 10:26 AM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
> jIH:
>> Apologising once more in advance for quoting boQwI', I need to bring this
>> up, because there I read that..
> De'vID:
>> Stop claiming to be "quoting" {boQwI'} when what you're doing is
>> paraphrasing things out of context.
>
> I didn't paraphrase. I quoted the passage exactly as it is written.
>
> De'vID:
>> Primary sources are annotated in {boQwI'}, and extra-canonical notes
>> are in a footer section in a smaller font. Please just ignore the
>> footer section until you understand the primary sources.
>> In this case, it's
>> recording an observation (apparently made by Qov in Feb. 2014)
>
> But since at the boQwI' entry, no referrence was made to the fact that
> it was written by Qov, then how was I supposed to know its original
> source in order to quote it ?
>
> If I just wrote "I read somewhere..", then someone would ask "where
> did you read it ?".
>
> qunnoq
>
> On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 10:08 AM, Lieven <levinius at gmx.de> wrote:
>> Am 06.07.2017 um 21:07 schrieb SuStel:
>>>
>>> There sure is an example against this:
>>
>>
>> Have you heard of this Klingon slang term, for a person who insists on
>> sticking to the rules, allowing no interpretations? It's {SelDon}. ;-)
>>
>> --
>> Lieven L. Litaer
>> aka Quvar valer 'utlh
>> Grammarian of the KLI
>> http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher
>>
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