tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Oct 17 16:23:04 2011
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: 'ay' vaghmaH vagh: <taS SuQ>
At 04:29 17/10/2011, you wrote:
> jatlh SuypIn "tlhIngan jInmolmo' joS Sung."
Hm. {joSchuq} qaq law' {joS} qaq puS 'e' vISIv.
While I appreciate that joS is a to-each-other sort of activity, I
think that the nature of gossip is included in the verb, so there'd
have to be an extra to-each-other sense for me to want -chuq. They
aren't gossipping about each other, and in this case the aren't even
gossipping to each other, they're gossipping to an alien merchant, so
I think I'll keep it without the -chuq.
> pegh, 'a pochtaHvIS lubej Sung puS.
I'm not saying the usage is wrong, but to me 'op Sung would be better
than Sung puS here. Sung puS seems a bit like a calque (presumably "a
few natives"?), and in the Klingon it sounds like the emphasis is on
there having been *only* a few (so puS as opposed to law', rather than
puS as opposed to pagh).
I never translated it, although maybe I should as I'm catching a few
things as I translate passages for an interested friend. I think the
puS choice reflects the fact that I learned Klingon well before 'op
existed, so it used to play that role. vIchoHta'.
> pIj qaS cha' mut luDuDlu'."
{luDuDlu'DI'} DajatlhnISlaw'.
luDuDulu'DI' - that's fun to type.
> wa'maH cheb'a' Qenvob tIje'.[20]
If it were me I'd say Qenvob wa'maH cheb'a', but I'm not sure if I
really find wa'maH cheb'a' Qenvob objectionable. I don't know why.
I'm hoping to collect a few opinions on this one.
Maybe wa'maH cheb'a' ngI'bogh Qenvob might be better.
I think I used that later for emphasis.
SuQchoHlaHbogh tIr qech vItIvbej! (yabwIj'e' SuQ tIr vInuDbogh jIH rut
'e' vISIv...) 'ej mu' chu' Dalo'pu'bogh vIghovlaw' 'e' vIHar. 'ach
vI'angQo'. :)
lutvam vIQulmeH tej ghItlhmey vIlaD. vI'angDI' bIHagh.
- Qov
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