tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 29 15:24:25 2002
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RE: Klingon alphabet -pIqaD
Ahh, meqwIj QIjpu' SuStel. qatlho'.
That's exactly what I was doing. I scrabbled around for about 20
minutes, looking for the HolQeD article (in 2:3 page 8) which told how
to say "about" in tlhIngan Hol.
lo' ghaj HolQeDmey ngo' 'e' vISov. meqvammo' bIH vIje'.
'ach "question"wIj jangpu' pagh.
chay' "question" Damugh?
qurgh
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Trimboli [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 9:23 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Klingon alphabet -pIqaD
>
> From: "Qov" <[email protected]>
> > lab SuStel
> > > From: "qurgh lungqIj" <[email protected]>
> > > > Although, are writing systems covered by linguistics, > > or is
the
> field
> > > > not that wide? HolQeD'e' pagh vISov.
> > >
> > > Dunqu' mu'tlheghvam!!
> >
> > Do'Ha' pabbe' mu'tlheghvetlh.
>
> bIlughbe'. pabbejqu' mu'tlhegh.
>
> > DIp DIp lo'lu'DI', DIp wa'DIchDaq mojaq
> > vaghDIch lanlu' net tuch. mojaq vaghDIch 'oH <-'e'>'e'.
>
> DIp DIp lo'be'pu'.
>
> This wasn't a noun-noun construction. He used /HolQeD'e'/ as a noun
in a
> header position, and /pagh/ in the object position.
>
> The topic of the sentence is /HolQeD/. Regarding /HolQeD/, he knows
> nothing.
>
> This is no different grammatically than something like
>
> DujDaq pagh vIlegh.
>
> You'll agree there's no noun-noun there. The structure is
> Header-Object-Verb, as it is with his sentence.
>
> And yes, we can use topicalized nouns like this. The canon example is
>
> qIbDaq SuvwI''e' SoH Dun law' Hoch Dun puS.
> You would be the greatest warrior in the galaxy. (Star Trek V)
> Literally: "In the galaxy, topic: warrior, you are the most
wonderful."
>
> SuStel
> Stardate 2079.7