tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 03 12:13:18 2010
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RE: wovmoHwI'mey yupma'
QeS:
>>>Also, since {'eH} is an exclamation the use of {-choH} on it is jarring.
>>>What about saying {rInchoH} "it becomes accomplished" instead?
Voragh:
>>I don't have my TKD with me, but I thought {'eH} is a quality that can
>>also be used as an exclamation (similar to the adverbial {tugh} "soon",
>>also used as an exclamation: "Hurry up! Be quick about it!"). Would
>>someone check the TKD glossary to see if {'eH} is labeled "v."? My
>>notes indicate:
>>
>> {'eH} - be ready; Ready! (excl)
>> "{SuH}, {Su'} and {'eH} all mean that the speaker is about to give a
>>command. They are comparable to the "Ready!" at the beginning of a race:
>>"Ready! Set! Go!" {SuH} and {Su'}, but not {'eH}, can also be used to
>>indicate that the speaker is ready to do something or that arrangements
>>have been made for something to happen. Some speakers of Klingon
>>pronounce {SuH} as if it were {SSS}, almost like the English expression
>>for "be quiet": shhh!" (TKD 57)]
>> - 'eH! Ready! (response to a command, i.e. "Standing by.") STMP
>> (cf. {ghuH} prepare for, {ghuS} prepare to launch, {qeq} practice,
>>train, prepare, {-rup} ready, prepared [beings] & {-beH} ready, set up
>> [devices])
>>
>> Since there are no declined examples, I don't know if we can say:
>>
>> ?DIngwI' vIQuj vIneHqu'. DaH jI'eH!
>> I really want to play dreydl. I'm ready now!
>>
>> or if we must use {-rup}:
>>
>> DaH DIngwI' vIQujrup!
>> I'm ready to play dreydl now!
lojmIt tI'wI' nuv:
>In TKD and Ultralingua's computer-based dictionary, {'eH} is listed as
>an "excl" only. It is not listed as a verb.
Thanks. {-rup} it is. I wonder where "be ready" came from?
>> BTW, anyone remember who coined {DIngwI'} as a translation for dreydl
>> in our past Hanukkah discussions? In this case I think it works better
>> as a name for a toy than transcribing it *{tlheyDIl}, *{DeyDIl},
>> *{DIretlh}, etc.
naHQun:
> You did; December 2, 2009.
Ahem... I guess that's why I have no source note. No wonder I liked it!
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons