tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Feb 07 06:50:32 2014
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: tul
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">When it comes to the prefixes, I remember {wI-} by thinking of – well - “we” or a brief bit of canon:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b> nIn 'ar wIghaj?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> How much fuel do we have (left)? TKD/PK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I always remember {pI-} by recalling the line from CK when the Klingon hotelier tells the arriving Terran tourist: {pIpIH} “We're expecting you.” (Plus, you
learn the verb {pIH} “expect” and that it’s transitive.) <br>
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Another way is to remember something that contrasts two similar prefixes:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b> pInaDqu' tuqlIj wInaDqu' je <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> Glory to you and your house. KGT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> (lit. "We praise you highly; we also praise your house highly")<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> 'uQ wISoppu'DI' maja'chuq</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> We will talk after dinner. PK<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">--<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Voragh<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Bellerophon, modeler [mailto:[email protected]]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 07, 2014 8:17 AM<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Feb 7, 2014, Rohan Fenwick <<a href="mailto:[email protected]"; target="_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sorry to be a pain, but {pI-} is for when the object is second person singular - that is, singular "you". {vIq pISam} is "we find you battle". When the object is *third* person singular, the appropriate prefix is {wI-}: {vIq wISam} "we
find battle".<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">qatlho'! I need to keep working on my tlhIngan Hol, QeS! That was a bad one.<o:p></o:p></p>
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