[tlhIngan Hol] {'e' qa'} "instead of" with the {qa'} bearing suffixes

SuStel sustel at trimboli.name
Thu Nov 18 06:20:57 PST 2021


On 11/18/2021 9:17 AM, SuStel wrote:
> On 11/18/2021 8:32 AM, Will Martin wrote:
>> I won’t presume that this is not some new thing that canon suggests 
>> as correct,
>
> You should have presumed that, because that's what it is.
>
Oh, I see I got confused by your multiple negatives. Don't presume that, 
because it's a new thing introduced in 2018.


> http://klingon.wiki/En/Instead
>
> Canonical examples:
>
> *'awje' vItlhutlh; HIq vItlhutlh 'e' qa'
> */I drink root beer instead of liquor./
>
> *jIQam; jIba' 'e' qa'
> */I stand instead of sitting./
>
I clearly can't English today. /I stand instead of sit./

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SuStel
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