[tlhIngan Hol] The new old Klingons

[SuStel]

On 5/18/2017 6:28 AM, Rebecca Krause wrote:
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> jIQochbe'. paghmeH tlhIngan Hol vIghojtaH vIneHbe'.
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> If you see errors I would be happy to be corrected; I'm a learner... 
> thank you What I was trying to say with each sentence was:
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> "I agree. I don't want to be learning Klingon for nothing."
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*-meH* is a verb suffix; you can't put it on nouns. The English idiom 
/for nothing/ isn't something you can translate quite so easily; you 
have to turn it into a non-idiomatic idea first. I'm thinking *lI'be' 
tlhIngan Hol ghojtaHghachwIj vIneHbe'*/I don't want my ongoing learning 
of Klingon to be useless./

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SuStel
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