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Re: KLBC: poH

Please excuse this tardy opinion added to the fray.

On Wed, 24 Jul 1996 19:38:46 -0700 Alan Anderson 
<[email protected]> wrote:

> ghItlh Qov:
> >nuq 'oSlaH <poH>?  mu'tlheghmeyvam laj'a' Hoch?
> 
> loQ wanI' nI' rur poH 'e' vIHar.
> qaS wanI'.  qaS je poH, 'ach tagh 'ej mev.

jIQochbe'qu'. DaDelchu'.

> >1. instance:
> >wa' ben qIvDaj bach jagh mang.  poHvetlh yItlaHbe'.  DaH loQ yItlaH.
> >("at that time")
> >poH wa'DIch vItu'be'.  poH cha'DIch vIghuHmoH.  poH wejDIch vIHoH.
> >("The first/second/third time")
> 
> lugh qechvam 'e' vIHon.

jIQochbe'. mutlheghmeyvetlh vIpar. vImaS:

narghDI' ghu'vetlh vIbuSHa'. qaSqa'DI' ghu'vetlh, 
vIghuHmoH. 'ej qaSDI' ghu'vetlh chenmoHbogh wanI' 
wejDIch'e', qoHvetlh vIHoH!

DaparHa''a'?

> >2. the physical quantity measured by clocks:
> >maQongchoH.  qaS poH law'.  mavem.
> >("much/a lot of time")
> >
> >poH 'ar cheloS?
> >("how long")
> 
> lugh qechvam 'e' vIHon je.

ghorgh cheloSchoH? tup 'ar cheloS?
 
> >3. a duration
> >wej qaSbogh poH jIj tlhIngan wo' tera' je.
> >("in the future")
> >
> >poHvam nuSambe' romuluSnganpu'
> >("this time")
> 
> jIQochbe'.  lughlaw' qechvam.

jIQochbe' je. chaq nIv <wanI'vamDaq nuSambe' 
romuluSnganpu'.> Before Okrand's use of "jajvam", I would 
have objected to the use of a locative on an abstract, 
but...
 
> >4. a point where something happens
> >paw poH.  SuDIStaHQo'.  DaH reHoH.
> >("the time has come")
> 
> ghobe'.  qechvam ja'meH lughlaw' <wanI'>.  chovnatlh wa'DIch rur, qar'a'?

rInchoH poHraj. paw wanI''a'. SuDIStaHQo'. DaH reHoH.

Dayaj'a'?

> >5. general conditions
> >qaStaHvIS poH Daj bIyInjaj.
> >("interesting times")

wejpuH. wanI' Daj law' ghajjaj yInlIj.

> >veS poH ghung rewbe'pu'
> >("time of war")

veS neHqu' rewbe'pu'. veS poQ chaH.
 
> chaq jIQochbe'.  DIch vIghajbe'.  'ach chovnatlh wejDIch rurlaw' qechvam.

vIlajlaH 'ach vIpar.

> >6. abstract concept
> >pagh loD loS poH bIQ'a' joq
> >(godlike "time")

pagh loD loS ghu'vam bIQ'a' joq.
 
> chovnatlh cha'DIch rur qechvam.
> 
> >More?
> 
> ghobe'.  "period of time" vIyaj.  latlh vIqelnISbe'.
> 
> -- ghunchu'wI'               batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj
 
jIQochbe', 'ach chovnatlh nIv vInob vIneH. jIQap'a'? 

charghwI'

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