tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri May 23 08:27:59 2003
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Re: DIp Dabogh <<-bogh>> mu'
From: "QeS lagh" <[email protected]>
> KCDvo' mu'tlheghvam tu'lu' 'e' vIQoy:
> <<Dajatlhbogh vIyajbe'>>
> "I don't understand what you just said."
>
> mu'tlheghvam lulo'be'lu' 'e' vIHar; 'ach
(I think you want to drop the /lu-/ on /lulo'be'lu'/.)
> <<canon source>>vo' wIghajlaw'.
Hmm. This seems too closely modeled on possibly idiomatic English. "canon
source"-Daq tu'lu'.
> Satlhob:
>
> chay' DuH? DIp Hutlh mu' wa'DIch; "what you say" jatlh. wot lo'lu' DIp
> mughmeH;
/-meH/ clauses never come at the end. Unlike relative clauses, /-meH/
clauses must always come at the beginning.
> vaj "nominalised" wotHey wIghajlaw' 'ej mojaqmey <<-wI'>>
> <<-ghach>> Hutlh. Hat 'e' vIHarpu';
Remember not to put a Type 7 suffix on the second verb of a
sentence-as-object construction.
> mu'tlheghvam wIlajlaH'a', pagh
> lughuntaHvIS luQaghlu''a'?
maSovbe'. mu'tlheghHeyvam Dalaj 'e' DawIvchugh, bImujbejbe'. 'oH lajbe'
HochHom. (mu'tlheghHey vItu' jIH'e' 'ej vIlajbejbe'.)
> 'ej <<'e'>>mey law' <<-bogh>>mey law' joq wIlo'laH'a'?
DIlo'laH'a'
> jItlhob'eghbejlI'qu'.
That should probably be /jIghel'eghbejlI'qu'/. /tlhob/ is used in making
requests; /ghel/ is used for asking questions.
> (This is a question which has plagued me for quite a
> while.)
Nice rendering of this. Good to see you're not sticking slavishly to the
original English.
> SachuH: ??<<jIval 'e' qaSmoH ghojmoHwI'wI' 'e' boHarlaw'>> "you seem to
> believe that my teacher made me smart" jIjatlhlaH'a'?
mu'tlheghvetlh Dajatlh net chaw'law'. Dajatlh net tuchbe'bej.
> 'ej: ??<<DIp Dabogh <<-bogh>> lo'bogh mu'>> "a word using <<-bogh>> which
> behaves as a noun" jIjatlhlaH'a'?
Dochmeyvam Dajatlh net tuchbe', 'a ghaytan 'IjwI'pu' laDwI'pu' joq DamISmoH
neH. 'a Hatbe'.
> PS. qID Sanob: <<qojvo' yIt cha' mIl'oD. pum pum.>> ("Two sabre bears walk
> off a cliff. Boom boom.") (:S I know it's pathetic, but it actually
> translated better than I thought it would. Do Klingon comedians have drum
> fills??)
Probably not. It's probably not rotten vegetables they throw, either.
SuStel
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