tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Oct 18 19:43:08 1995
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Re: Klingon on the Live TV channel, UK
On Tue, 17 Oct 1995 [email protected] wrote:
> In a message dated 95-10-16 05:48:25 EDT, you write:
>
> >DIS law'Daq tera' wISuvtaH. vaj Doghjeychaj DIlajpu'.
> >
> >
>
> I wish to solve a question for myself and have chosen your text as an example
> of my own question. I want to express "for many years." Should I apply
> {-Daq} as you have done here? Should I simply say {DIS law' wISuv}?
I do not believe that you can put {-Daq} on an expression of time.
{-Daq} seems to be only used with physical objects or locations.
If you want to say "for many years", you would use something like
{qaStaHvIS DIS law'}. {qaStaHvIS} can losely be translated as "during".
Example: qaStaHvIS wa' ram loS SaD Hugh SIjlaH qetbogh loD.
"Four thousand throats may by cut in one night by a running man."
If an action occurs at specific time, a noun expressing a time element
can be placed at the beginning of the sentence much like the way you
would use an adverbial:
E.g. {wa'Hu' SoSwI' vISuch.} (Yesterday I visited my mother.)
{Soch vatlh rep nIQ vISoptaH.} (I eat breakfeast at 7 o'clock a.m.)
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