tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Nov 17 14:07:11 1994
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Re: Klingon hits mainstream press again
>Date: Thu, 17 Nov 1994 13:04:53 -0500
>Originator: [email protected]
>From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
>According to Mark E. Shoulson:
>> > tlhIngan Hol laDwI'vaD loQ vImugh:
>> > tlhIngan Hol mu'mey ghoj wa' loDHom QonoS ghItlh tlhaQDaq
>> > net ghItlh.
>> > ~mark
>loQ jImIS. <tlhIngan Hol mu'mey ghoj wa' loDHom> 'e' vIyajbej,
>'ach mumISmoH <QonoS ghItlh tlhaQDaq net ghItlh>. "One writes
>that in the journal's funny manuscript, one boy learns Klingon
>words."?
ghobe'. mu'tlheghlIj vIghItlh vIneHchugh, vaj "QonoS ghItlh tlhaQDaq,
tlhIngan Hol mu'mey ghoj wa' loDHom net ghItlh" vIghItlh. wanI' Daq ngu'
"QonoS ghItlh tlhaQDaq"... "-Daq DIp mu'"(/"-Daq" noun phrase). nuqDaq
mu'vam lulanlu'? "object" 'etDaq lulanlu'. mu'vam ghajnIS mu'tlhegh nuq?
ghaj mu'tlhegh cha'DIch, qar'a'? ghItlhpu'ghach Daq vIngu'nIS. toH, nuq
'oH mu'tlhegh cha'DIch "object"'e'? "net" 'oH, qar'a'? vaj "net" 'etDaq,
"-Daq DIp mu'" vIlannIS. choyaj'a'? toH, uq vIghItlhta'? "In the
newspaper's funny manuscript, one writes that a boy learns Klingon words."
> mu'tlheghvamDaq <Hol> wIpoQ'a'? yap'a' <tlhIngan
>mu'mey ghoj wa' loDHom>? <tlhIngan mu'mey> rur <tlhIngan Hol>,
>qar'a'?
bIlugh, wIpoQbe'. 'ach "Hol" vIlo' 'e' vIwuq, vay'mo'. *shrug*
>jabbI'IDlIj vIyaj'a'?
>charghwI'
~mark
For the English-readers:
charghwI' asks about the precise meaning of one of my sentences, based
on the placement of the "-Daq" noun-phrase. I explain my reasoning. He
also questions the need for a word I used, for which there is no real need.