tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 17 18:14:09 1996
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RE: KLBC
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC
- Date: Wed, 18 Dec 96 01:45:16 UT
December 17, 1996 9:31 AM, jatlh loDDoq:
> (chould you tell me again what is the *be'* thing?)
What be' thing? {be'} as in "woman" or {-be'} as in "no"? Read TKD pp.
46-47. {-be'} negates whatever it follows. It is a verb suffix.
> jIghoj (jIH?):
> I've learned(or should I say:ghaj jIghoj jIH?)
Yes, the following {jIH} is optional. Either write it or don't. If you say
{jIghoj}, you mean "I learned." If you say {jIghoj jIH}, you mean "*I* am the
one who learned." It's a matter of emphasis.
> bIlugh (SoH?)
> you are right/correct
Yes. If you add the {SoH}, {bIlugh SoH} means "*You* (as opposed to someone
else) are right."
> qab 'IHDaq Daghaj SoH
> you have a nice face
Don't use the {-Daq} (although if you needed it, you correctly put it on
{'IH}). {qap 'IH Daghaj} means "You have a beautiful face."
However, there's a better way to say this.
'IH qablIj.
Your face is beautiful.
You have a beautiful face.
See? Use fewer nouns, and concentrate on using verbs.
> qab 'IHDaq Daghaj SoH 'ej qab pupDaq Daghaj Soh
> you have a nice and perfect face.
Same thing:
'IH qablIj 'ej pup qablIj.
> pu' yIqul SoH
> fire phasers!
{qul} is a noun for "fire," the hot stuff with flames. To say "Fire phasers,"
you probably say
pu' tIbaH!
Since the object is plural, you need the plural object imperative prefix (the
table on TKD p. 34).
Note that there has been some debate as to whether you can use {baH} with
phasers, or if it is restricted to torpedoes, rockets, missiles, and other
projectile weapons. Another suggested possibility is {pu' tIlaQ} "Energize
phasers!"
> tlhIngan-Hol pIn'a' loDDoq
pIn'a' SoH'a'? Dunum 'Iv? wejpuH . . .
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