tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jul 16 13:24:33 1998
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Re: KLBC: vIghro' HoHpu'bogh
ja' Qov:
> ---Christiane Scharf wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> I read that, not noticing your omission. Glad you caught yourself.
> Speaking of the subject line, is KLBC a verb for you?
>
Klingon is a Little Bit Complicated...
> > > > 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>.
>
> I don't understand. Are you making a statement about fate, then?
Kind of. The cat had had to die. It was its fate to die so young. What's so
strange about that sentence?
> Why
> did it have to die?
>
> > > Do'Ha'. Duj HeDaq reHbe'nIS Sajmey. SajlIj yIQorgh.
> >
> > Qatlhqu' Qu'vam. vIghro' SeHlu' 'e' chaw'be' vIghro'.
>
> bIlughchu'! ghaytan vIghro'vaD Hegh qaq law' mo' qaq puS.
vIghro'vaD HeghHey 'oH mo''e'. reH tlhab neH vIghro'. tlhabchugh vIghro',
vIghro'vaD QobchoH ghu'. tlhabbe'chugh vIghro', *furniture*vaD QobchoH ghu'.
>
>
> ==
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>
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