tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jul 17 07:31:22 1998
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RE: qep'a'
- From: Robyn Stewart <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: qep'a'
- Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 07:29:52 -0700 (PDT)
---"Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> mujang peHruS:
>
> > << choSmo' qep'a', jISey'qu'ba', >>
> >
> > Looks like the author intended {chol} "draws nearer" instead of
> > {choS} "deserts". Interesting use of the verb {chol}. Is this
> > okay with Klingonists? I do not see {qep'a'mey} as being able
> > to move; and I feel that {chol} is a verb indicating that the
> > subject moves.
> <chol> vIHech. I don't really think <qep'a'mey> can move either, at
> least in the sense of coming nearer, but I was being metaphoric: a big
> event looming on the horizon like a storm cloud is approaching. DaH
> 'engqoqvetlh vIleghlaHchu'. wejleS tlhoS vIHotlaH. chaq jIval. chaq
> jIDogh.
Klingons don't often use metaphor of place to describe time. They may
not think of it that way.
==
Qov - Beginners' Grammarian
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