tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Mar 31 05:21:48 1994
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Re: KLBC: juHqo' (Hoghvam)
- From: trI'Qal <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: juHqo' (Hoghvam)
- Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 18:17:53 -0400 (EDT)
*Beginner*
Guido #1vo':
>"Lexington"Daq jIyIntaH
>"Mansfield"Daq maSum
>"South"majDaq 'oHtaH "Columbus"'e'
>"Columbus"Daq mapawmeH qaSnIS wa' rep malengtaHvIS
>"Lexington" DajuSchugh, HIja'
>"Toledo" vIjuSchugh, qaja'
>tlhIngan Hol jatlhbogh latlh vIghom chaq 'e' vIparHa'
pIj jIleng.
"map"Daq DaqlIj vItu'nISba'.
chaq SoHDaq jIlenglaH.
maghomchugh, tlhIngan Hol wIjatlhnISbej. {{:)
jIqeqnISbej jIH 'e' vISovqu'! {{:)
>>Sorry, Guido, you are wrong. The KD clearly states on page 19 that compound
>
>>nouns are made up of nouns, and ONLY nouns. Yes, I understood what you
>meant,
>>but this is one of those times when we say "Maltz has't given us the word
>>yet", and leave it at that. So you put "summer" in there in quotes... big
>>deal. We cope. {{:)
>
>Ok, so maybe it should have been {bov tuj}. If you can figure out what it
>means, what's the big deal. Actually, that's one of NickNicholas's creations.
>He has a lot of good ideas, imesho. I only wish Krankor (and loyal
>Krankorians, like charghwI') didn't get so annoyed by him.
This has nothing to do with the Nick/Qanqor thing; this has to do with proper
grammar. In the KD, it *clearly* states: "Compound nouns consist of two or
three _nouns_ in a row, much like English 'earthworm' ('earth' plus 'worm') or
'password' ('pass' plus 'word')." [emphasis add, single quotes used in place
of italics. page 19]. Note that it doesn NOT say "nouns or verbs." It only
says "nouns." You cannot use a verb in a compound noun. Yes, <bov tuj> is
fine; so is "summer"--but that is not what you sent. You sent <bovtuj> which
is clearly not allowed. (Further, you stated later in your post that this was
not a typo, and that you intended it to be one word, or I might have just
pointed to it and let it slide.)
If you want to debate this further, kindly take it off the KBLC; it really
doesn't belong here.
--HoD trI'Qal
>I hope those subordinate clauses I used didn't scare anyone off.