tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Aug 03 23:26:32 1994
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KLBC: Re: nuqneH
- From: d'Armond Speers <[email protected]>
- Subject: KLBC: Re: nuqneH
- Date: Thu, 04 Aug 1994 11:21:52 -0400 (EDT)
*** KLBC ***
As stated in my KLBC Intro pack, which I posted to the list way back
when, I'll respond to this post under KLBC, as it is clearly a
newcomer's post.
Chrisvo':
> nugneH
I know you know it's {nuqneH}, because it's your subject.
> Chris jIH
Congratulations! You've successfully avoided the most commonly
misused and complicated grammatical constructs, for beginners! That
is, the correct use of {pong}.
Holtej jIH 'ej Holtej 'oH pongwIj'e'
> cha'maHcha' DISmey vIqan
For 22, you need to separate {cha'maH} and {cha'}, it's not one word
(See TKD 5.2 again). I'm not sure about your use of {vIqan} in this
sentence, though. It translates as "I am old 22 years." I believe
{qan} just would mean, "I am old," as in, "I'm not young." Are we
ever given info about how to state your age?
> wa'Hu' tlhIngal{tapes} vIHev
Good sentence structure, short, direct. Careful on spelling:
{tlhIngan}, not *{tlhIngal}, and "tapes" should be separated from
{tlhIngan}.
> tlhIngal Hol jatlhbe'law' Worf 'ej vIparHa'be'
> 'ach {tapes} vIparHa'
It's funny you put "tapes" inside {}, to indicate it's not a Klingon
word, but not "Worf," which clearly cannot be a Klingon word! Ah,
Paramount, that bastion of consistency!
Anyway.... {jatlhbe'law'}? {jatlhbe'bej}! Why do you construct
{vIparHa'be'}? The root word, {par}, already means "dislike." It's
not unlike double negatives in English.
Otherwise, a good bit of tlhIngan Hol there!
> I wanted to make a sentence like 'I make a lot of mistakes' but I
> saw no verb for make in TKD.
To "make a mistake" is a very "Englishy" thing to say. The point of
the sentence you want to translate is "mistake," not "make." We do
have a word for "mistake," it's {Qagh}. And look at that definition,
it includes "make a mistake"! So, I can suggest this translation:
pIj jIQagh.
Chris, welcome to the tlhIngan-Hol mailing list! Stick around and
learn some tlhIngan Hol, and most importantly, have fun!
--Holtej, Beginner's Grammarian