tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 13 13:28:35 1998
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Re: KLBC - pabwIj vIlugh 'ej mu'tlheghmey chu' vIqon
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC - pabwIj vIlugh 'ej mu'tlheghmey chu' vIqon
- Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 16:28:21 -0400 (EDT)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "Robyn Stewart" at Jul 13, 98 11:54:14 am
According to Robyn Stewart:
>
> ---Burt Clawson <[email protected]> wrote:
...
> > wa'maH losHu' juHmaj wa'DIchvo' juHDaq pIm mavIH 'ej SochHu' mavIH
> > rIntaH.
>
> Reread 4.4. /juH pImDaq/. Bear in mind that "we moved from one house
> to another" in Klingon doesn't necessarily imply moving your
> furniture, changing your address, etc. It could be merely visiting.
> You can only be sure it means that you exhibited motion beteen the two
> locations. Klingon might have a separate word for the concept, or it
> might be an additional gloss of some other verb implying motion,
> transport etc.
Consider the verb {Dab}, and how the suffix {-choH} might be
useful here for a new address, or how a well placed {...'e'
wImev} might prove useful in referring to the old one.
> > How would you say "very slowly?"
> > Perhaps: QIt QIt Hoch vIghojtaH.
>
> Heh. I'd certainly use that in speech. Looks funny written, doesn't
> it? Not wrong, though.
QIt Hoch vIghojtaH. *Pakled* vIrur.
> ==
> Qov - Beginners' Grammarian
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