<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Mar 13, 2019, at 10:03, mayqel qunen'oS <<a href="mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com">mihkoun@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div id="d_1552485795138" style="font-family:; font-size:9.0pt; color:#000000">
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">{vIghro' tIQ vIje'meH, HuchwIj Hoch vI'anmoHpu'}</p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">In order to buy the ancient cat, I went bankrupt.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">How would this be any different from writing:</p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">{vIghro' tIQ vIje'ta'meH, HuchwIj Hoch vI'anmoHpu'} ?</p></div></blockquote><br><div>The English translations seem awkward, but the distinction in Klingon makes sense to me. In the second one, you are affirming/emphasising that you did, indeed, buy the cat. Whereas in the first one it’s kinda left ambiguous.</div><div><br></div><div>—jevreH</div></body></html>