tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Apr 08 12:16:32 1996
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Tasty, nice ... etc & KLBC
- From: Consulat General de Pologne <#[email protected]>
- Subject: Tasty, nice ... etc & KLBC
- Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1996 15:14:03 EDT
"David Wood" <[email protected]> wrote:
> A wondrous thought popped into my head when I read that simple sentence. I
> rushed to my TKD and searched through it. Sadly, I could find no word resembli
> "delicious" or "tasty." Such is life. Two more for the wish list IAC...
I have an idea concerning all the words (adjectives) that imply "nice" or some
positive & negative sensations. It came to me form Chinese.
1) In Chinese (Mandarin) adjectives are also verbs.
2) for "nice" they just use "good + verb" e.g.:
"tasty" is just "good-[to]-eat" {hao-chi de} and
"nice (music)" is "good-[to]-listen (music)" {hao-ting de (yinyue)} and so on,
and "ugly" is "not good-[to]-look" {bu hao-kan}.
maybe in tlhingan-Hol:
tasty: <Soplu'meH QaQ> and <tlhotlhlu'meH QaQ> - depending on whether
solid or liquid.
e.g. tlhotlhlu'meH QaQ biQ.
Other examples:
Qoylu'meH QaQ tlhIngan Hol. (good to hear = nice, pleasant to your ear)
tuQlu'meH QaQ tera'ngan HIp. (good to wear = comfortable)
larghlu'meH QaQ (good to smell = nice, odorous)
leghlu'meH QaQ (good to see = nice, beautiful)
ba'lu'meH QaQ (good to sit = comfortable)
Hotlu'meH QaQ (good to touch = nice, pleasant)
This may also solve the problems of the: "good day to die"
I would opt for No. 17: Heghlu'meH QaQ DaHjaj
or with an aspect suffix:
HeghtaHlu'meH QaQ DaHjaj,
Haghpu'lu'meH QaQ DaHjaj
or: (with intentions)
HeghlI'lu'meH QaQ DaHjaj,
Heghta'lu'meH QaQ DaHjaj.
If we were more noun-centered, No. 18 might also be good:
HeghghachvaD QaQ DaHjaj
but better with two suffixes:
HeghtaHlu'ghachvaD QaQ DaHjaj,
Heghpu'lu'ghachveD QaQ DaHjaj
macheq
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