tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Dec 18 21:44:34 1997
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Re: SuH, Su', 'eH
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: SuH, Su', 'eH
- Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 21:44:14 -0800
At 19:34 97-12-18 -0800, ghunchu'wI' wrote:
}ja' Qov:
}>If the subject of the verb is a person, use {-rup}. If the subject is a
}>device, use {-beH}. jIbachrup. baHbeH cha. Use them anytime you want to
}>say that someone is prepared or ready to do the action of the verb.
}
}The subject of {baH} is the person who launches the torpedo. Edy's
}gunner has said "The torpedoes are set to fire torpedoes, sir." :-)
}
}A more appropriate English phrase might be "the torpedoes are ready
}to be launched," but there's no easy way to translate that directly.
}There's a verb that handles the "ready to fire torpedoes" idea all by
}itself: {ghuSlu'} "one is prepared to launch torpedoes" or "torpedoes
}are prepared to be launched."
Thank you ghunchu'wI'. This is Qov's unfamiliarity with military equipment.
The thing that hits the hull of the enemy ship is called a torpedo. What is
the thing that causes it to be launched? It comes out of a DuS/chetvI', but
what is that a component of? I need a big Klingon picture book with all the
parts labelled for me. :)
Qov [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian