[tlhIngan Hol] expressing age expressing "year old" expressing "years old"

[SuStel]

On 11/23/2021 9:59 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
> I mean why do I have to say {loSmaH wej ben jIboghpu'}?
>
> Maybe I wasn't born. Maybe I was grown in a test tube, maybe someone 
> found me growing on a tree, maybe I suddenly materialized out of thin air.

Maybe you can say *loSmaH wej ben loD.* We know you can say *cha'maH ben 
HIq.*


> Is this {x ben boghpu'} some kind of klingon crap in the spirit of 
> "klingons are inaccurate but never approximate"?

No. We have that form from someone asking how to say /How old are you?,/ 
not someone wanting to state their age.

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SuStel
http://trimboli.name
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