tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 13 07:31:15 2006
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Re: fall from the sky
Elizabeth:
> > but I was unsure how to say from the sky so I ended
> > up translating it as
> > chalDaq jIpumta'
> > Is that right?
ter'eS BG:
>Close, but this says "I fell (while I was) in the sky."
>You want the noun suffix {-vo'}: {chalvo' jIpumta'}.
[Now that the Beginning Grammarian has responded, I can add my {cha'
DarSeqmey}.]
Here's a good sentence from "Power Klingon" for remembering {-vo'} and {-Daq}:
naDevvo' vaS'a'Daq majaHlaH'a'
Can we get to the Great Hall from here?
Notice the opposite word order, which also appears in SkyBox SP1:
juHqo' Qo'noSvo' loghDaq lengtaHvIS tlhInganpu'
During the (aggressive) expansion of the Klingon people
from their homeworld of Kronos into space...
and again in a post Okrand made on startrek.klingon (July 1999):
tera'vo' Qo'noS vIchegh
I return to Kronos from Earth.
showing that {-Daq} can be omitted when the destination is the direct
object of a verb of motion.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons