ghunchu'wI':
{ret} alone, without being preceded by an actual specifier of a time period, is very odd.
I know. Because of that reason in the original sentence I wrote {'op ret}. ghunchu'wI':
You could add {DIS}, or you could replace it with {ben}, to be "some years ago"
The way I understand words similar to {ret}, they need to be preceeded or followed by something expressing a number (either a number or law'/puS/'Iq etc). So, how can we write {DIS ret} ? Or even worst use {ben} on its own ? ghunchu'wI':
In any case, the word {Hoch} ought to go either before or in place of the noun it is referring to.
Because of this reason, I placed it before the {wa'} which was used as noun. I chose this because of the canon example "kill one of them I don't care who". (I don't remember it exactly at the moment) qunnoH On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 6:21 PM, Alan Anderson <qunchuy@alcaco.net> wrote:
jIQub: 'op ret yIn nuvpu'vam Hoch wa'.
On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 2:13 AM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
The intented meaning was "I was thinking: some time ago, each one of these people was living (alive)".
{ret} alone, without being preceded by an actual specifier of a time period, is very odd. Translate it as just "ago" to see whether what you wrote makes sense. You could add {DIS}, or you could replace it with {ben}, to be "some years ago". You could use {pa'logh} "the past" if you want to be really general. You could just say {yInpu'} "had lived".
Do you really mean "each *one* of them", or is "each person" or "each of them" sufficient? Or might you be okay with saying "all (of them)"? In any case, the word {Hoch} ought to go either before or in place of the noun it is referring to. If you actually want to say that each individual person lived in turn, implying a focus on them one at a time, {ngIq} might work instead, but I don't think that's what you mean. The number {wa'} in Klingon usually isn't appropriate for the kind of nonspecific "one" that you're trying to say. Try to avoid stretching it beyond counting or labeling things.
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