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torqey
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Does majQa'nID mean "good try"?
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I saw someone on the thlIngan Hol only forums and they said they were trying to speak thlIngan Hol. They made some errors in their sentences and someone else corrected their mistakes. I tried to tell them "good try". I said, "majQa'nID". Is that right?
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Re: Does majQa'nID mean "good try"?
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Quote from: torqey on 04 07, 2009, 09:18: PM
I tried to tell them "good try". I said, "majQa'nID". Is that right?
Sorry, no.
majQa'
Well done!
is a complete utterance. It doesn't work to modify another word in the manner of an adjective.
nID
try
is a verb. You treated it as a noun.
Perhaps the sentiment could be expressed as
batlh bInIDpu'
You have tried honorably.
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