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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/1/2018 7:46 AM, mayqel qunenoS
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<div dir="auto">I just realized something..
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<div dir="auto">In english you say "I didn't do anything"</div>
<div dir="auto">In greek we say "I didn't do nothing"</div>
<div dir="auto">In english you say "I don't know anything"<br>
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<div dir="auto">In greek we say "I don't know nothing"</div>
<div dir="auto">In english you say "I don't go anywhere"</div>
<div dir="auto">In greek we say "I don't go nowhere"</div>
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<div dir="auto">I'm certain that you, being native english
speakers, find the above greek phrases strange/wrong.</div>
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<div dir="auto">On the other hand, I, being greek, find the
english phrases strange/wrong.</div>
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<div dir="auto">maj.</div>
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<div dir="auto">The question is, why should I -in klingon-,
write {vay' vIqaSmoHbe'} instead of {pagh vIqaSmoHbe'} ? Why
should I write {vay' vISovbe'} instead of {pagh vISovbe'} ?
Why {vogh vIjaHbe'} instead of {pagh Daq vIjaHbe'} ?</div>
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<div dir="auto">Why should I follow the english way of
expressing the above, instead of the greek ?</div>
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<p>Apparently I can no longer reply to the list on my phone.</p>
<p>Summary: see this about double negatives: <a
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href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_negative">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_negative</a></p>
<p>Klingon works like English: double negatives cancel each other
out into a positive.</p>
<p><b>wej Heghchugh vay', SuvtaH SuvwI'</b><i><br>
A warrior fights to the death.</i> (TKW)<br>
(Not <b>wej Heghchugh pagh...</b>)</p>
<p><b>batlh Heghlu'chugh noDnISbe' vay'<br>
</b><i>An honorable death requires to vengeance.</i> (TKW)<br>
(Not ...<b>noDnIS pagh.</b>)</p>
<p><b>naDev vay' vISovbe'<br>
</b><i>I don't know anybody here</i> (CK)<br>
(Not <b>naDev pagh vISovbe'</b>.)</p>
<p><b>qeylIS'e' lIjlaHbe'bogh vay'<br>
</b><i>Kahless the Unforgettable</i> (SkyBox S8)<br>
(Not <b>qeylIj'e' </b><b>lIjlaHbe'bogh pagh</b>.)</p>
<p>And probably more.<br>
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