tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Apr 21 13:53:09 1998
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Re: KLBC: QInHom
ja' Qov:
> 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. :)
OK, my next message - whenever I'll have the time to write one - will be stuffed
with aspect grammar... I really have to work on that.
>
>
> }> 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!)
I just thought {QInHom} would express that my story is neither very long nor of
very interesting content nor a linguistic wonder. {QIn mach} only conveys the
first thought.
>
>
> }> mangach *Andrew* jIH je.
>
> *surpressed giggle* reH {ngach} vIlaDHa'mo' {ngagh} vIlegh. Dalbe'law'
> lutvam. ;-)
ghuy'cha'! *incestuous* jIHbe'bej!
> }> 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.
mughIjbe' mI' mu'. Do'Ha' mojaq vIlIjpu'. vIbuSchu'be'ba'pu'.
>
>
> }> juppu' ghomqa'lu'
>
> {juppu' lughomqa'lu'} plural friends, plural prefix.
Dat veqlarghmey lutu'lu'...
>
>
> }> '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]
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