tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Apr 30 06:36:10 2010
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Already
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- Subject: Already
- Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:33:33 +0200
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Hi!
I recently tried to express that I did not want to drink coffee since
I'd already had coffee, but found no klingon word for "already". How
ever, there is {wej} for "not yet", so I thought that {wejHa'} might
work. But of course, I can't put a {-Ha'} after an adverb just as if
it had been a verb...
OTOH, there are some adverbs that are similarly formed, such as
{DoHa'} (unfortunately) and the pair {pIj} (frequently) and {pIjHa'}
(infrequently).
So would {wejHa'} (or {wejbe'}) count as an acceptable neologism? It's
the kind of construction that might occur as slang, for instance.
{wejHa' qavIn vItlhutlhpu'} "I've already had coffee"
Or is it a deeper reason to the lack of the word? It is a bit
superflous, perhaps {qavIn vitlhutlhpu'} would be more direct, and
thus more Klingon? Or, for that matter, {qen qavIn vItlhutlhpu'} (I
have recently had coffee) would be more precise?
Regards,
/buSwI'
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