tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 08 09:07:43 2011
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Eurotalk - New Words - Shopping
At 08:47 08/11/2011, you wrote:
I get the feeling the space in cha''etlh was
left out on purpose, but that's just a hunch.
If it is meant to be that way, and there really
is such a root word, it may indicate that there
are similar tools/weapons on Qo'noS, and not
just something they made up for the EuroTalk DVD.
> BTW, this one is a good example showing that the creator of Klingon is
> an english speaker. Not every language (e.g. German) does see the
> scissors as a pair. scissors is plural, because it has two blades.
> French does the same: les ciseaux. In german, it's singular: eine Schere.
That's cool because in English we describe
implements that resemble scissors but are larger
or more powerful (wow, I accidentally perfectly
set them up to be called {cha''etlh pe'wI''a'}!)
as shears, plural. I had to write some
experimental sentences to see how I would
explicitly talk about multiple ones.
"Do you sell shears?"
"Is there another set of shears somewhere?"
"There are two pairs of shears in the garage."
I also want to point out that despite being
described as two-bladed, the Klingon implement
seems to be grammatically singular. wa' cha''etlh pe'wI'.
The case is similar in Swedish:
a pair of scissors = en sax
two pairs of scissors = två saxar
However, if you were to tell somebody "en sax
har två blad" ("a pair of scissors has two
bladed"), I doubt anyone would complain.
And I'm sure that's a typo for blades.
-Qov
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