On 4/22/2021 8:03 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
'op ret {loch} wot chenmoHta'DI' 'oqranD, SIbI' jIQubpu': < maj, DaH mu'vam vIlo'taHvIS, jIjatlhlaH "the enemy destroyed two thirds of our ships". > 'a {loch} vIlo'taHvIS, not mu'tlheghvam vIqonlaHpu' ghIq 'e' vItlhoj.
vaj chay' mu'vam lo'laH vay' jay'? *lo'laHbe'chu'law' mu'vam.
*mID HubmeH Sa', yo' Hoch lochbogh nawlogh ngeHpu'. */To defend the colony, the general has sent a squadron, a fraction of the entire fleet./ *mangghommaj Sangpu' jagh. majeghnIS. */The enemy has obliterated our army. We must surrender. /*bo'Degh'a' Dalo'. QaSmaj lochwI' mach HoHpu'. yap noDmeH HoSmaj. */You exaggerate. They have killed a small fraction of our troops. We have the strength to retaliate./ I might even expect something like this: ** *HochHom Dujmaj Qaw'pu' jagh: wej loch cha'. */The enemy has destroyed two-thirds of our ships. /(Literally, "The enemy has destroyed most of our ships: two-thirds.") -- SuStel http://trimboli.name