tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Oct 31 15:32:57 1996
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RE: KLBC First attempt
- From: [email protected] (Adrian K)
- Subject: RE: KLBC First attempt
- Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 16:36:56 -0600
>There is no word {wovqo'}. {wov} is a verb meaning "be light, bright." {qo'}
>is a noun meaning "world." There is a verb suffix {-Qo'} (with a capital
>{Q}), but it means "don't!" (for a command) or "won't, refuse to" (for a
>statement), and is not what you're looking for. Try {-Ha'} (see TKD 47-48),
>which means "undo." It indicates that you're talking about the opposite of
>the verb. "Unbright" would be {wovHa'}.
I don't know what I was thinking when I did this.
>Now, the problem here is that {rap} probably doesn't take an object. It's
>subjects are probably always plural and the same as each other. The meaning
>of {rap} is "be the same," not "be the same as."
I was wondering how to use verbs of likeness . . .
>Further, {Hech} means "intend, mean to," as in, "I intend to walk home." It
>is *not* used in the sense of "I meant 'unbright.'" So, you didn't "intend
>'be dark,'" you intended to *say* "be dark."
>
><Hurgh> jIjatlh 'e' vIHech.
>"I intended to say {Hurgh}."
>
>This is getting into complicated {'e'} sentences, and controversial {jatlh}
>stuff. Let me suggest two things. First, I'll not get too deeply into that
>now, but if you want me to, just say so. Right now, I'll suggest a sentence,
>and you can try to puzzle it out if you like (I'm adding an extra {-bej}
>suffix for emphasis):
>
><Hurgh> jIjatlh 'e' vIHechbej. rap <Hurgh> <wovHa'> je.
>"I definitely intended to say {Hurgh}. {Hurgh} and {wovHa'} are the same."
Makes sense to me. "I said ' to be dark.' I definitely intended to say that..."
>Secondly, for a simpler sentence, you could recast. Put the sentence in terms
>you know how to say. The difference between the {Hurgh} you meant and the
>{Hurgh} r'Hul was teasing you with is that the first is a verb and the second
>is a noun. You could easily make your point by simply saying
>
>wotna' 'oH <Hurgh>wIj'e'.
>"My {Hurgh} was definitely a verb."
>
>It kinda looks funny putting suffixes on quoted words like this, but it is
>done regularly and understandably all the time on the list!
I like this, too. How about:
wot 'oH <<Hurgh>>wIj'e' 'e' vIHechbej.
I definitely intended my "to be dark" to be a verb.
-Adrian K (aka HurghwI') {{:-)}
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