tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jul 15 13:05:23 1998
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Re: KLBC: vIghro' HoHpu'bogh
ja' Qov:
> ---Christiane Scharf wrote:
> >
> > DaHjaj mevDI' DuSaQ vavnI'wI' ravDujDaq juH > vIghoS.
>
> ravDuj? You're giving me the image of a vehicle constructed out of
> linoleum. :) Look up /ghor/ and /yav/. Are you talking about a
> dirtbike or a car?
>
HIvqa' veqlargh! {yav} vIjatlh 'e' vIHech.
> > ravDuj SeH
> > vavnI'wI'. tlhoS juHDaq mapawDI' He retlhDaq > Ha'DIbaH HoHpu'bogh
> wIlegh.
Actually I wanted {HoHlu'pu'bogh}. I forgot the {-lu'}. The same applies
for the subject line.
> > vIghro' 'oH. jIbItchoH. SajwIj rur vIghro'vetlh. >wIchollI'.
>
> By this you mean "we continued to get nearer" "or 'we kept closing'"
> rather than "we went up to it" right?
qar.
> The /-lI'/ suffix is about the
> process of closing.
>
> > Do' SajwIj
> > 'oHbe'. 'ach vIghro'vetlh vISov. Qupqu'. taghDI'
> > DISvam bogh. DaH beQqu'
> > nachDaj. DaH HeghnISpu'.
>
> If you're saying here that "It must have died" or "it had to be dead,"
> meaning that because of the flattened brainpan there was no chance of
> it being alive, then I think you attributing the wrong meaning to
> /-nIS/. /-nIS/ implies obligation, need. /HeghnISpu'/ is a statement
> about fated events, like "It had to die" or "it needed to die." Try
> /Heghbejpu'/ if you're making a statement about your certainty that it
> was dead.
I indeed meant <It had had to die>.
>
>
> > vIghro' tlhap vavnI'wI'
> > 'ej mol.
> > mayHa'ba' qo'vam.
>
> Do'Ha'. Duj HeDaq reHbe'nIS Sajmey. SajlIj yIQorgh.
Qatlhqu' Qu'vam. vIghro' SeHlu' 'e' chaw'be' vIghro'.
> ==
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