tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 21 14:12:35 1999
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Re: RE: KLBC: Hol vI'lo 'e' vInID (Soch)
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: RE: KLBC: Hol vI'lo 'e' vInID (Soch)
- Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 17:12:04 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
- Priority: NORMAL
On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 18:25:21 -0600 Steven Boozer
<[email protected]> wrote:
> tuv'el:
> > 'urmang'a' qapum!
> > I accuse you of high treason!
>
> pagh:
> : However, this use of <pum> is not so good. <pum> is just "accuse", not
> : "accuse of something". The object is clearly the person accused, and
> : there is really no place for the reason of the accusation. This might
> : be the place for <-mo'>:
> : 'urmang'a'lIjmo' qapum.
>
> Or the verb {'ur} "commit treason":
>
> bI'urpu'; qapum.
> bI'urpu'mo' qapum.
> bI'urpu' 'e' vIpum. (?)
> I accuse you of (having committed) treason.
This sounds good, though I'd tend to reverse the sentence order:
qapum; bI'urchu'pu'!
qapum. bI'urchu'pu' 'e' vISovbej!
qapum. bI'urchu'pu' 'e' vItoblaH!
qapum. bI'urchu'pu' 'e' vI'anglaHchu'!
> --
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
charghwI'