tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Mar 02 18:23:04 1997
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Re: Hol vIlo' (was Re: Holna' wIlo'bejtaH)
- From: DaQtIq <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Hol vIlo' (was Re: Holna' wIlo'bejtaH)
- Date: Sun, 02 Mar 1997 21:22:53 -0500
jIHvaD jang Joel Peter Anderson:
>>>I beg your pardon - in the right circumstance, I will correct the grammar.
>>
>> maj. 'ach ghu' lugh yIDel.
> [good, but tell the correct circumstances]
>
>ghobe'. DuDevjaj yablIj qa'lIj je.
> [no. May your mind and spirit guide you.]
<nIDevjaj yablIj qa'lIj je> DaghItlhHa'.
Duj tIvoqtaH!
>>rut jIQuch. Hovmey vIvantaHvIS, jIQuch. be' 'IH DIr vIHottaHvIS, jIQuch.
>>vIng Human 'e' vIQoyDI', jIQuchHa'choH.
> [DaQtIq's happiness seems to depend on material pleasures and the
> absence of humans]
>
>bIDo'be'. DuQuchmo'laHchugh Dochmey neH, vaj bIQuchchu' not.
> [You are unfortunate. If only things can make you happy, then you
>aren't really happy.]
<bIDo'Ha'. nIQuchmoHlaHchugh Dochmey neH, vaj bIQuchchu'be'.> DaghItlh 'e'
DaHech, qar'a'?
loQ choyajHa'. jIvangtaHvIS jIQuch.
>>toH! pab potlh law' meq potlh puS pagh meq potlh law' pab potlh puS?
>
>"Straw Man" "False Dichotomy" pagh Daghaj.
> [DaQtIq appears to create a false dichotomy, reason or grammar'
You seem to misunderstand the Klingon. I would translate my question as:
"Is grammar more important than intention or is intention more important
than grammar."
(btw, to conjoin nouns use in the either/or sense, use <ghap> not <pagh>.)
>parmaq potlh law'. qorDu' potlh law'. lalDan potlh law'. pab potlh puS.
> [Love matters much. Family matters much. Religion matters much.
> Grammar matters little.]
I would phrase this differently to use Klingon grammar:
<potlhqu' ~parmaq~. potlhqu' qorDu'. potlhqu' lalDan. potlhbe' pab.>
Assuming <parmaq> is a noun, of course.
batlh potlh law' Hoch potlh puS.
- DaQtIq