tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Dec 04 19:04:39 1996
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RE: KLBC. First attempt
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC. First attempt
- Date: Thu, 5 Dec 96 01:48:10 UT
jabbI'IDghomvaD bIjeSchoHta' 'e' DanIDmo', jIQuch.
Try sending your sentences as one per line along with an English translation,
until you feel more confident.
December 03, 1996 7:43 PM, jatlh Ko'var:
> DaH pojlIjvaD Dochvam vImuch.
It's grammatical, but surely you can find a more descriptive term than {Doch}?
{jabbI'ID}?
> jav jarmey poH tlhIngan Hol vIHaD vItagh.
I suppose you mean to say "Six months ago I began studying Klingon." Well,
since there are words for "days ago" and "years ago," but not "months ago,"
you may either calculate how many days ago six months was, or you may recast
your sentence:
qaStaHvIS jav tera' jar tlhIngan Hol vIHaDtaH.
I have been studying Klingon for six Earth months.
I say {tera' jar} because {jar} means a Klingon month, not an Earth month.
Also, the copyright notice on a few SkyBox cards says {tera' DIS}.
> loq jIpo' 'ach jIqeqnIS.
Capital {Q} on {loQ}.
> bIja'chuqlaHchu' vIHo'.
I'm not sure what you're trying to say here. I suspect it is "I admire that
you can confer with each other perfectly." There are two problems here.
First, you need to use the plural "you" prefix, {Su-}. Secondly, this is
really a sentence-as-object problem:
Suja'chuqlaHchu' 'e' vIHo'.
Broken down, this sentence is made up of {Suja'chuqlaHchu'} "You (plural) can
converse perfectly," and {'e' vIHo'} "I admire that."
Unless you are talking to me alone? In this case, you cannot use the {Su-}
prefix. If this is true, then you probably can't say *{bIja'chuq}. It's the
whole big "is it a seperate word" problem. I'd just use a different word, to
avoid problems:
bIjatlhlaHchu' 'e' vIHo'.
> jIqeqlI'chugh 'ej
> jIHaDlI'chugh vaj qaja'chuqlaHchu'.
You probably cannot say {qaja'chuqlaHchu'}. Even assuming that {ja'chuq} is a
seperate verb with its own meaning (which I will not advocate here), you
cannot say "I can perfectly confer you (singular)." Here's how I would change
this:
vaj tlhIHvaD jIjatlhlaHchu' je jIH.
Then *I* will also be able to speak fluently with you.
{-vaD} is terribly useful when using "talking" verbs.
Again, if you're only talking to me, then this would be
vaj SoHvaD jIjatlhlaHchu' je jIH.
> pojlIj vIloS. tugh *mush*Daq qaleghqa'.
> Qapla' !!
Qapla'!!!
choja' <*MUSH*vaD QujwI' vISovlaw'>. QujwI'Heyvam DarI'pu''a'?
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