tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 19 03:16:13 1994
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Re: Requesting help!
>From: [email protected] (Bill Willmerdinger
> )
>Date: Tue, 16 Aug 1994 23:53:00 -0500
>I'd like to ask the help of the Grammarians in determining if I have this
>phrased correctly. The original context is not important, but I'm very
>curious to know if I did this correctly.
>qaStaHvIS wa' nem *Riverside*Daq to'baj 'uSHom lughoDlu'bogh vISopDI'
>HItlhejneS *Rosemary*
>I intended to say something like this:
>Rosemary, do me the honor of joining me for stuffed to'baj legs at Riverside
>next year.
>My biggest worry is how to express "next year". We're given in canon the old
>"4000 throats" bit, in TKD. The "in one night" is expressed qaStaHvIS wa' ram
>- "while one night occurs", more or less. I could find no other way to
>express "next year" other than qaStaHvIS wa' nem - "while one year from now
>happens". I considered using -DI' as in qaSDI' wa' nem, but that didn't seem
>to be correct, especially since I already have vISopDI' in there!
I'd accept "nem" as like "leS" or "Hu'" and not requiring the "qaStaHvIS"
circumlocution. Just "wa'nem R-Daq..." works fine for me!
>Qob
>... May your consorts consistently feel the need to wash their hair.
~mark