[tlhIngan Hol] If I wrote..

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On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 at 20:02, Lieven L. Litaer <levinius at gmx.de> wrote:

> Am 17.10.2018 um 19:30 schrieb mayqel qunenoS:
> > If I wrote:
> >
> > yInwIj DIS cha'maHDIch vISIQtaHvIS..
> >
> > Would you understand "while I was twenty years old.." ?
>
> I would understand that you only "endure, bear" your 20th year instead
> of living it, so somehow negative.
>

Why is it negative? {SIQ} has no necessarily negative connotations in
Klingon.

For example, {yIn nI' yISIQ 'ej yIchep!} conveys a positive sentiment.

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