On 6 December 2016 at 18:25, André Müller <esperantist@gmail.com> wrote:
I wonder if {DIS ret} is possible as a kind of synonym of {ben}. I wouldn't use it. But it might not be strictly wrong.
{cha' vatlh DIS ret} is correct Klingon for "two centuries ago". See HolQeD 8:3. http://klingonska.org/canon/1999-09-holqed-08-3.txt <<With longer time periods, such as a century ({vatlh DIS poH}), millennium ({SaD DIS poH}), or a period of 10,000 years ("myriad," perhaps) ({netlh DIS poH}), the words {ret} or {pIq} may be used in place of {poH}, e.g., {cha' vatlh DIS poH} <two centuries>, but {cha' vatlh DIS ret} <two centuries ago>. The phrase {cha' vatlh ben} would mean "200 years ago." The choice of construction depends on what is being emphasized: in this case, the total number of centuries (two) or the total number of years (200).>> -- De'vID