tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 07 10:18:35 1998
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
RE: how do you learn voc?
lab muHwI':
>
> ghItlh pagh:
>
> >> tlhIngan mu'tay' ghojmeH chay' Suruch?
> >> To learn the Klingon vocabulary, how do You proceed?
> >
> >You need to use <boghojmeH> here.
> jIqeq:
> tlhIngan Hol wIjatlhmeH mu'ghom wIlo'.
> qagh SopmeH ghopDu'Daj lo'.
> mu' vImughmeH mu'ghom vIlo'.
> qarchugh mu'tlheghmeyvam wot mojaq/Q {-meH} vIyajchu'.
maj. lugh pablIj. <-meH> Dayaj.
>
> >mu'tay' DaghojmeH yIlo'! yIjatlh. yIlaD. yIghItlh.
> >yIqeqtaH. lo' potlh law' Hoch potlh puS. ghurbejtaH
> >mu'tay'lIj.
>
> 'IvvaD vIjatlhlaH? jIjatlh'eghnIS'a'?
> nuq vIlaDnIS? Hoch paqmey vIlaDta'.
> QIn latlhwIj yIlo', vaj meqwIj Dayaj.
>
ghaytan Hopmo' Hoch jatlhwI'pu' jIjatlh'eghnIS. ta "Conversational Klingon",
"Power Klingon" joq Daghajchugh, yIchu' 'ej yI'Ij. bI'IjtaHvIS
bIjatlh'eghlaH. Qu' nap Data'taHvIS Qu'lIj yIDel 'ej tlhIngan Hol yIlo'.
bIQeHchoHDI' pe'vIl tlhIngan Hol mu'qaDmey tIbach. Sumchugh latlh jatlhwI'
qaqbej ghu', 'ach nIteb bIqeqlaHbej.
> >'ach latlh mIw vIlo' je. mu'tay' naQ vIghojmeH *KLIFlash*
> >vIlo'. ghun ter'eS, 'ej Qu'lIjvaD pov. Quv:
>
> mIwvam vISov. Hol ghojmeH Dun. "It is wonderful to learn Hol" - Is the
> prefix stuff correct here?
>
Short answer - yes, it is correct.
Long answer with explanation and alternatives: Both <Hol ghojlu'meH Dun> or
<Hol vIghojmeH Dun> would be correct. According to the grammar described in
TKD, <Hol ghojmeH Dun> means "In order that he/she/it learn Hol it is
wonderful." However, canon usage seems to indicate that <-meH> is special
and this really can mean the same thing as <Hol ghojlu'meH Dun>. There was a
long thread recently on this topic - something about "impersonal" in the
subject.
pagh
Temporary Beginners' Grammarian