tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Feb 28 16:34:59 1997
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RE: KLBC nuqDaqmey
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC nuqDaqmey
- Date: Sat, 1 Mar 97 00:12:33 UT
On Friday, February 28, 1997 4:03 PM, [email protected] on behalf of Stefan
von Wolfstone wrote:
> *chech pIn'a' 'oH pongwIj'e'.
> *My name is chech pIn'a'.
>
> tlhIngan Hol vIghojtaH.
> I am learning Klingon.
>
> mach tlhIngan Hol Sov.
> My knowledge of the Klingon language is small.
>
> How bad was that???
Not bad at all! The only problem was with the last bit. You wanted to say
"My knowledge of the Klingon Language." You left out the "my" part. The Type
4 Noun Suffix {-wIj} will fix that.
mach tlhIngan Hol SovwIj.
There are some who might wonder if "knowledge," which isn't an actual object,
can be small. Don't worry about it, though. I'm sure there's no problem with
that.
> I got my copy of TKD yesterday (the cover is comming off already!)
Ooh, did you get it at a bookstore? Why'd you choose such a bad one? I say
you should exchange it for a better one if you can. Unless it was something
you did yourself.
> and was
> supprised to find no tlhIngan word for either music or rythm? Am I blind or
> is there no equivelent?
In an issue of HolQeD, the word {QoQ} was introduced, meaning "music." We
also have {bom} meaning "sing" (v) and "song" (n), though these might be
better translated as "chant."
Oh, you can't say {nuqDaqmey}, as you have done in the subject line. {-mey}
can only go on nouns, and {nuqDaq} is a question word. I don't know what you
were trying for.
--
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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