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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Re: <b>Duj chenmoHmeH mIw vISov</b>
instead of <b>chay' Duj chenmoHlu' 'e' vISov</b><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/18/2019 9:55 PM, Will Martin
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cite="mid:0279099A-E6EB-4544-A8F5-120A5F41C454@mac.com">On second
look, your suggestion is a jewel. It is grammatically ambiguous,
but both interpretations have the same meaning.
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<div>The {-meH} clause can apply to either the object or the main
verb. Either you know the ship building method, or, for the
purpose of building a ship, you know a method. </div>
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<div>Beautiful. </div>
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<p>It's really just the standard way of recasting a so-called
"question as object." Find a way to translate the English part
with the relative pronoun into a Klingon noun phrase. I'm not
going to take credit for anything special here.<br>
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<p><b>ta'lIj meq vISov</b><i> I know why you did that</i><br>
<b>SeSamIy taw pawmeH mIw qaja'laH</b><i> I can tell you how to
get to Sesame Street<br>
</i><b>Qang Hegh poH vISov</b><i> I know when the chancellor died<br>
</i><b>DaqlIj vISov</b><i> I know where you are<br>
</i><b>Qu'lIj vISov</b><i> I know what your job is</i><br>
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