tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 14 20:15:33 1998
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Re: KLBC - jIpaw. jIlegh. jIchargh.
- From: Robyn Stewart <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC - jIpaw. jIlegh. jIchargh.
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 20:15:35 -0700 (PDT)
---David Trimboli <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> From: Robyn Stewart <[email protected]>
>
>
> >---Burt Clawson <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> > > bIrIghmo' ghaHlaH pe''eghwI'ra''e'.
> >> > > "Because he is lame he can be your score keeper."
>
> >To translate your English, I might say,
> >
> >rIghmo' ghaH, pe''eghwI'ra' neH mojlaH.
> >(i.e. he is only capable of keeping score, in his position.)
> >
> >rIghmo', pe''eghwI'ra' DalaH net chaw'.
> >(i.e. if he weren't lame, he'd be made to play)
> >
> >rIghmo' ghaH, tlhIHvaD pe''eghnIS.
> >(i.e. we're insisting that he keep score and not play)
> >
> >You were aiming at something like this:
> >rIghmo', pe''eghwI'ra' ghaHlaH
>
> Why not just
>
> rIghmo' pe'eghlaH.
> Because he is lame, he can keep score.
I did not want to lose the information that he can be YOUR
scorekeeper. Perhaps that is relevant to the game.
==
Qov - Beginners' Grammarian
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