[tlhIngan Hol] Hech

[SuStel]

On 9/29/2017 1:25 PM, nIqolay Q wrote:
>
>     The verb {Hech} is given as "intend, mean to".
>
>     However I wonder.. does it always have to have the meaning "mean to" ?
>
>     For example, can we say:
>
>     {{juH} vIHechbe'; {jul} vIHech}
>     I didn't mean {juH}, I meant {jul}
>
>
> Makes sense to me. At worst, I'd probably interpret it as a short or 
> clipped version of something like *<juH> vIghItlh 'e' vIHechbe'. <jul> 
> vIghItlh 'e' vIHech.* /"I didn't mean to write 'juH', I meant to write 
> 'jul'." /(Or replace *vIghItlh* with *jIjatlh* for spoken Klingon.) My 
> guess is that most uses of *Hech* will have an *'e'*, but I don't see 
> why it couldn't work with a noun object now and then.

A clipped form of something long that just /happens/ to exactly resemble 
something shorter that is the Englishy way you want to say it anyway is 
just a /little/ too convenient for my tastes.

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