tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jan 31 17:37:02 1998
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Re: KLBC: HIqeqmoH, pabpo'!
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: HIqeqmoH, pabpo'!
- Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 17:36:01 -0800
At 14:35 98-01-29 -0800, HomDoq wrote:
}> }mu'tlhegh nap vImugh qoj vIjang.
}> }(Will translate or answer simple sentences.)
}>
}> {... vImughqang qoj vIjangqang} You're expressing your willingness, right?
}>
}actually no (I was just thinking of simple future tense), but
}now that you mentioned it, I think I should have
"I will translate" can mean "I am happy to translate" or "I am going to
translate."
We don't think about the difference when we say it in English, and sometimes
I think we take advantage of the ambiguity. Have to decide which you mean
in Klingon.
}> }(About the subject line: I'm really glad this kind of
}> }prefix abuse is possible, so I didn't have to choose
}> }{yI-} or {pe-} :-))
}>
}> Not abuse. Quite straightforward first edition stuff.
}>
}so you consider {qeq} to be intransitive? bc the bouncing of the
}original subject to an "other" noun with {-vaD} is not in TKD, is it?
Look at {HIQoymoH}, on p.38 of my fuzzy blue TKD.
{qeqmoH} - cause to practice
{HIqeqmoH} - cause me to practice.
I see what you thought, but you thought around two sides of the square
instead of straight up the middle. That you came to the right answer
nevertheless is a credit to your understanding.
}> To practice your vocabulary, explain to me in five to ten sentences the plot
}> of any movie you like. I suggest RoboCop, because my husband is currently
}> watching it, and I don't get it yet.
}>
}well, I haven't seen RoboCop, but for all I know, it may well have
}no plot at all (ducking for cover...)
Grin. I DID choose a movie with a simple plot.
}assuming the "real" plot of the movie I _am_ talking about is well-known,
}I took some liberties with it...
}
}cha' loDnI' lut DalaD: *bIluS* tuq *'elwuD* *jeyyIq* je.
} You are about to read the story of two brothers:
} *'elwuD* and *jeyyIq* of the house of *bIluS* (esp. *jeyyIq* :)
I would have appended {chaH} there. "They are Elwood and Jake."
}SuvwI' chaHbe' 'ach luquvnISmoHlu': bom Dunqu' bom.
} They are no warriors, but they have to be honoured:
} they sing "fabulous" songs.
jIyaj.
}yajHa'ghachHommo' ngaqbogh muchwI'pu' chIl.
} Due to some minor misunderstandings they lost their
} supporting musicians ("the band")
{ngaq} is a noun. You also left out "their."
}Huch yap Hutlh ghojmoqchaj 'e' lughojDI' ...
} As soon as they learn that their Nanny is in need of money ...
maj.
}.. ngapbogh muchwI' nejchoH.
} ... they start to bring the band back together.
Same problem with {ngaq}. {nejchoH} is good.
}Qatlhqu' Qu' 'ach Qap.
} This is very difficult but they succeed.
maj.
}Huch'e' Hutlhbogh ghojmoqchaj luSuqmeH ...
} In order to earn the money needed ...
maj.
}.. ghom'a' tInvaD bomnIS.
} ... they need to sing for a big crowd.
maj.
}Qap je.
} They succeed again.
qar.
}'ach qaS yajHa'ghachmey 'ej luqoplu'.
} But some misunderstandings occur and they are arrested.
qar.
}tugh taHqa' lutvam.
} This story will soon resume.
muchvetlh vIghovbe' 'ach DaDelchu'lI' 'ej HollIj Dalo'ba'. Some good
vocabulary.
Qov [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian