Thanks. And I'm glad I asked about that sentence. Somehow in the last month my brain turned {-DI'} into "when." <div><br></div><div>QImSIr<br><br>On Friday, January 6, 2017, De'vID <<a href="mailto:de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com">de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 6 January 2017 at 03:11, Brian Cote <<a href="javascript:;" onclick="_e(event, 'cvml', 'wearetheinformation00@gmail.com')">wearetheinformation00@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hello. I have a couple quick questions about a passage from the paq'batlh.<br>
><br>
> {tlhIngan wo' nur ghob je<br>
> HoSmoH quvvam<br>
> che'DI' molor nur ghob je pujchoHpu'}<br>
><br>
> With it, I restore pride and values<br>
> Of the Klingon Empire, for under Molor,<br>
> They have grown weak and faint.<br>
><br>
> (paq'raD 16:7-9)<br>
><br>
> Shouldn't the third line read:<br>
><br>
> che'DI' molor, pujchoHpu' nur ghob je<br>
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Probably.<br>
<br>
> Or am I missing something?<br>
<br>
Maybe it reads:<br>
che'DI' molor nur ghob je, pujchoHpu'.<br>
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(But, yeah, I think {nur ghob je} should be the subject of {puj}, too.)<br>
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> And a quick time question. In the third sentence, this particular<br>
> combination of {DI'-choH-pu'} means that in the time span of Molor's reign,<br>
> the weakening of {nur} and {ghob} started and then finished, correct? If so,<br>
> I find this particular usage of grammar very cool.<br>
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{-DI'} means "as soon as", not "during".<br>
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As soon as Molor reigned, pride and values became weak (whereas they<br>
weren't weak before), and this was completed.<br>
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--<br>
De'vID<br>
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