tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jun 16 10:06:01 1996
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Re: new here
[email protected] wrote:
>
> In a message dated 96-06-15 08:48:57 EDT, you write:
>
> >how do you say "about" or "this"?
> >
> >Qapla'
> >B'Elanna
>
> To express "this" or "that" is easy. Simply add the Noun Suffix, Type 4
> {-vam} or {-vetlh} to the Noun stem.
>
> To express "about" I have used several different words depending upon what
> concept I was trying to translate. Here are some examples which have been
> published in a past HolQeD 4.1 (March 1995):
>
> SuvwI'pu' lutmey qel paqvam This book is about warriors' stories. (Try
> replacing {qel} with {ngaS}, just for fun.)
>
> Qo'noS pawlI' Duj The ship is about to arrive at Kronos. (The Verb Suffix
> Type 7 {-lI'} merely means that the verbal action has an intended limit.)
>
> tlhIngan Hol buSbogh paq vIghItlhpu' I have written a book about (focusing
> on) the Klingon language.
>
> naDev jav qachmey chenlu'law' About six buildings have been constructed
> here. (The Verb Suffix {-law'} means "apparently, evidently, I think..."
>
> luch woHbeH qoq The robot is about to (is prepared to) pick up the luggage.
>
> Finally: puqmey DIlegh We see children all about. (The Noun Suffix Type 2
> {-mey} on a language-capable Noun conveys the concept of "scattered all
> about." Putting {Dat} at the beginning of any sentence conveys the idea of
> "everywhere," too.)
>
> Qapla'
>
> peHruS
Thanks for giving me this information. (I'd write this in Klingon but
there doesn't seem to be a word for thanks)
Katie
B'Elanna