tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Apr 20 19:01:11 1998
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Re: KLBC: QInHom
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: QInHom
- Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 18:58:24 -0700
At 09:10 98-04-20 -0700, HovqIj wrote:
}> I told myself to write something in Klingon during the vacation. Today
}> is my last change to do so. It's definitely not interesting, just for
}> practice.
}>
}> qaStaHvIS cha' Hogh jIghIQ.
A continuous aspect would be appropriate on {ghIQ}. If you don't say
{ghIQtaH}, you imply that at some point in the two weeks, you vacationed,
not that you were vacationing for the two weeks.
}>wa'leS DuSaQvaD jIjeSnISqa'. jIghIQtaHvIS
}> tlhIngan Hol vIHaDqu'.
Again a continuous aspect could be good on {HaD}. Depends on whether you
studied it on an ongoing basis or not. :)
}> vaj DaH QInHom vIqon.
Why is it a {QInHom} and not a {QIn mach}? I'm not saying it's wrong, just
wondering what you would consider to be a {QInna'}. Perhaps {QInHom} is for
a message that was more than a subliminal suggestion, or a scratch in the
dirt. A "hint" maybe. Note that I picked this up on my second pass through
the text. (Yes, Qov *does* occasionally proofread!)
}> mangach *Andrew* jIH je.
*surpressed giggle* reH {ngach} vIlaDHa'mo' {ngagh} vIlegh. Dalbe'law'
lutvam. ;-)
}> vavwI' be'nI' puqloD ghaH *Andrew*'e'. ja' *Andrew* ghIQlu'pu'DI', DuSaQ
jaj }> wa'DIch qab law' Hoch DuSaQ jajmey qab
}> puS.
Good work on that comparative.
}> 'ach jIQoch. choHHomna' QaQ 'oH DuSaQ jaj wa'DIch.
{jaj wa'DIch'e'}. I bet you hesitated putting an N5 on a number. Marc
Okrand did it in a letter to us (he said {qep'a' wejDIchDaq}). You've got
to put that topicalizer somewhere.
}> juppu' ghomqa'lu'
{juppu' lughomqa'lu'} plural friends, plural prefix.
}> 'ej De' chu' Qoylu'. 'ach tlha'bogh jajmey Hoghmey je vIpar. Dal DuSaQ qoj
}> vumqu'nISlu'. toH, jIbep 'e' vImev.
majQa'. jIbepbe'bej jIH. DubtaHvIS laHlIj qatu'taH 'e' vItIv.
Qov [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian