tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 02 15:31:41 1996
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Re: KLBC: poH
- From: Will Martin <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: poH
- Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 18:31:30 -0400 ()
- Priority: NORMAL
Please excuse this tardy opinion added to the fray.
On Wed, 24 Jul 1996 19:38:46 -0700 Alan Anderson
<[email protected]> wrote:
> ghItlh Qov:
> >nuq 'oSlaH <poH>? mu'tlheghmeyvam laj'a' Hoch?
>
> loQ wanI' nI' rur poH 'e' vIHar.
> qaS wanI'. qaS je poH, 'ach tagh 'ej mev.
jIQochbe'qu'. DaDelchu'.
> >1. instance:
> >wa' ben qIvDaj bach jagh mang. poHvetlh yItlaHbe'. DaH loQ yItlaH.
> >("at that time")
> >poH wa'DIch vItu'be'. poH cha'DIch vIghuHmoH. poH wejDIch vIHoH.
> >("The first/second/third time")
>
> lugh qechvam 'e' vIHon.
jIQochbe'. mutlheghmeyvetlh vIpar. vImaS:
narghDI' ghu'vetlh vIbuSHa'. qaSqa'DI' ghu'vetlh,
vIghuHmoH. 'ej qaSDI' ghu'vetlh chenmoHbogh wanI'
wejDIch'e', qoHvetlh vIHoH!
DaparHa''a'?
> >2. the physical quantity measured by clocks:
> >maQongchoH. qaS poH law'. mavem.
> >("much/a lot of time")
> >
> >poH 'ar cheloS?
> >("how long")
>
> lugh qechvam 'e' vIHon je.
ghorgh cheloSchoH? tup 'ar cheloS?
> >3. a duration
> >wej qaSbogh poH jIj tlhIngan wo' tera' je.
> >("in the future")
> >
> >poHvam nuSambe' romuluSnganpu'
> >("this time")
>
> jIQochbe'. lughlaw' qechvam.
jIQochbe' je. chaq nIv <wanI'vamDaq nuSambe'
romuluSnganpu'.> Before Okrand's use of "jajvam", I would
have objected to the use of a locative on an abstract,
but...
> >4. a point where something happens
> >paw poH. SuDIStaHQo'. DaH reHoH.
> >("the time has come")
>
> ghobe'. qechvam ja'meH lughlaw' <wanI'>. chovnatlh wa'DIch rur, qar'a'?
rInchoH poHraj. paw wanI''a'. SuDIStaHQo'. DaH reHoH.
Dayaj'a'?
> >5. general conditions
> >qaStaHvIS poH Daj bIyInjaj.
> >("interesting times")
wejpuH. wanI' Daj law' ghajjaj yInlIj.
> >veS poH ghung rewbe'pu'
> >("time of war")
veS neHqu' rewbe'pu'. veS poQ chaH.
> chaq jIQochbe'. DIch vIghajbe'. 'ach chovnatlh wejDIch rurlaw' qechvam.
vIlajlaH 'ach vIpar.
> >6. abstract concept
> >pagh loD loS poH bIQ'a' joq
> >(godlike "time")
pagh loD loS ghu'vam bIQ'a' joq.
> chovnatlh cha'DIch rur qechvam.
>
> >More?
>
> ghobe'. "period of time" vIyaj. latlh vIqelnISbe'.
>
> -- ghunchu'wI' batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj
jIQochbe', 'ach chovnatlh nIv vInob vIneH. jIQap'a'?
charghwI'