tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 13 17:46:26 1993
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puqpu' QIch
- From: (Mark E. Shoulson) <[email protected]>
- Subject: puqpu' QIch
- Date: Tue, 13 Jul 93 10:14:12 -0400
- In-Reply-To: (Mark E. Shoulson)'s message of Mon, 12 Jul 93 17:38:49 -0400 <[email protected]>
>From: (Mark E. Shoulson) <[email protected]>
>Date: Mon, 12 Jul 93 17:38:49 -0400
>Content-Length: 319
A criticism on this that someone should make at some point:
>wej jejwI' ghaj mIvwIj.
>mIvwIj jejwI' bIH wej. [OK, should be wej'e', but it spoils the meter]
"My helmet's points are three" is a very English-based idiom.
Pronoun-verbs are copulas, indicating identity, not quality. Perhaps I
should emend this line to
mIvwIj jejwI' mI' 'oH wej
"My helmet's points' number is three". Still singable, just speed up a
little for "jejwI' mI'".
~mark
(yes, I'm critiquing my own work, in case you didn't catch it)