tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Dec 27 07:14:03 2006
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Re: tlhach mu'mey: HolQeD...
- From: Doq <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: tlhach mu'mey: HolQeD...
- Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:15:48 -0500
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On Dec 21, 2006, at 7:16 PM, QeS 'utlh wrote:
> ghItlhpu' Paul, ja':
>> But how about:
>> subject -> ?
>> predicate -> ?
>> object -> ?
>> indirect object -> ?
>> adjective -> ?
>> letter -> ?
>
> I've often used {DoS} "target" for the direct object of a sentence.
> I'm glad
> others agree. :) For "indirect object", I'm tempted to describe
> each of the
> Type 5 indirect objects separately: {Daq} "location" for a {-Daq}-
> marked
> noun, {Soj} "matter, affair, topic" for a {-'e'}-marked noun, and
> {Hal}
> "source" for a {-vo'}-marked noun. {-mo'} and {-vaD} are a little more
> difficult; for the latter, "one who benefits" would be suitable,
> but there's
> no Klingon word for "to benefit".
DochvaD nuvvaD ghap
> I'm also tempted to use {vangwI'} "actor" for the subject of a
> sentence, but
> we then run into the problem of adjectival verbs, in which the
> subject isn't
> really acting, but simply *being*. Maybe ?{DawI'} would be better
> for the
> subject of an adjectival verb?
tlhIngan mu'tlhegh motlh vIpoj:
DIpvaD DoSDIp Delwot wot pengDIp Delwot.
ghaytan yaj Hoch.
> For "adjective", I'd agree with the suggestion of {Delbogh wot}
> "verb which
> describes".
>
> For "letter", I invariably use {pIqaD Degh} "pIqaD symbol".
>
> QeS 'utlh
> tlhIngan Hol yejHaD pabpo' / Grammarian of the Klingon Language
> Institute
>
>
> not nItoj Hemey ngo' juppu' ngo' je
> (Old roads and old friends will never deceive you)
> - Ubykh Hol vIttlhegh
Doq