tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 19 06:16:42 1994
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Re: Quenya phrase
> >Can anyone help me with the following phrase (in Tolkien's Quenya)?
>
> >"Olen sila lumenn' omentielmo" (I think)
>
> >'The stars shine on the hour of our greeting.'
>
> >chay' tlhIngan Hol mu'tlheghvam jatlhlu''a'
>
> >--
> >bu' qSeroHS vayn
>
> DaHlup maghomchuqbogh wovqu' Hovmey
>
> Most Klingonists will find two aspects of this troubling.
>
> 1) {DaH}+time.element is my way of getting around the common Anglicisms like
> {povam}, etc. It's only an extension of {DaHjaj}. If you have simply too much
> trouble with this, tell me. But please include a good reason--something other
> than "Okrand never said we could".
Fine. I'll give you a better one: Okrand said we CANNOT.
Look in your KD again, on page 83. (or page 56, if you prefer.) <DaH>
is clearly listed as an *adverbial*. This means it is <chuvmey>.
What you have above is an attempt at a compound noun... which, as has
been said before, may only have NOUNS in it.
Sorry.
--tQ
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