tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 23 01:25:54 1996
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Re: beQ'a' bIng 'avwI'
- From: "A.Appleyard" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: beQ'a' bIng 'avwI'
- Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 09:25:26 GMT
- Organization: Materials Science Centre
- Priority: normal
ghItlhpu' A.Appleyard (`# ') 'ej jangpu' Mark E. Shoulson (`> ')
(Subject: beQ'a' bIng 'avwI'):-
(`$' = DaH vIlughmoHbogh, tlhej tlho'mey)
# jatlhpu' A: veQDuj 'oH DujlIj'e' ($)
# jangpu' (bIQ'a' bIng Duj ghajbogh) B: HIja', vaj 'oH: Hochna' veQ'e'
# ngaSchoHbogh bIQ'a' woH DujwIj 'ej 'oH Qaw' 'ej nInDajvaD 'oH DamoH ($): vaj
> "nIn" is a noun, not a verb ....
Sorry : typing error `V' for `N' in my on-line dictionary which I typed up
# SovchoHpu' bIQ'a' bIng tlhuHwI'mey lo'wI'pu' law', yoSmajDaq bIQ'a' bIngDaq
# nIHmeH jaHpu'DI' chaH.
> jIyajchu'be'. nuq nIHlu'? 'ej nIH 'Iv?
beltaHmeH vengmeyvo' bIQ'a'Daq ghoS tlhuHwI' lo'wI'pu' [= scuba divers], 'ej
bIQ'a' bIng biQDujpuymey <part>mey <shellfish>mey je (yInmeH neHbogh bIQ'a'
HeH yoSnganpu') niHtaH chaH (vaj jatlhtaH vay' bIQ'a' HeH yoSnganpu'). -
yoSDajDaq bIQ'a' bIngDaq jaHbogh Hochna' veQ Qaw'chu' B bIQ bIng Duj, ratlh
pagh: pagh leghlu' bIQ DungDaq bejbogh vengnganpu'.
# ({vaj} here = "thus", not "warrior". Homophones can be a pest.)
> But they're also part of the fun of a language. Homophony happens.
But in excess homophonies can be a nuisance. A language can take some
homophone load, but as more and more gradually accumulate, people start
breaking the rules or adding extra words for clarity. E.g. modern Mandarin
Chinese now says "ear-deaf" for "deaf", because its words for "deaf" and
"dragon" became homophones whereas in ancient times they were distinct.
Someone wrote that this homophony ({vaj} = "thus" and "warrior") was caused
by a retro-fit. Please has anyone out there got a complete list of all these
film and episode Klingon retro-fits?, so I can see how they have affected the
development of Okrandian tlhIngan Hol.