tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 30 19:55:17 1996

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December 30, 1996 5:53 PM, jatlh taD:

>    DaH tlhIngan Hol pab vIqel:
> Segh nIb lughajbogh cha' mojaqmey'e' lo'be' tlhIngan Hol jatlhwI'pu'. pab
> lupabtaHvIS <*jIghunglaw'bej*> <*SuvqangvIp*> <'etlh *vIleghboghmeH*> joq
> jatlhbe' tlhIngan Hol jatlhwI'pu. 'ach pIj wa' wot lujatlhmeH <-lu'> <-laH>
> je lo' DIvI' Hol jatlhwI'pu'.  tlhIngan Hol mu'ghom vIHotlhta'DI' <lo'laH>
> vItu'pu'. *be valuable* 'oH mu'vam'e'. 'e' qonta' *Marc Okrand*.  'ach *can
> be used* 'oHlaw' mu'vam'e'. 'e' vIHar.

jIQoch.  <lo'laH> yIqel.  mojaq 'oH'a' <laH>'e'?  vaj jatlh DIvI' Hol 
jatlhwI': "can use".  jatlhbe' "can be used".  pImbej.

mojaq ngaSbe'chugh <lo'laH> vaj <lo'laHlu'> jatlhlaH tlhIngan.  mugh 
tera'ngan: "one is valuable".

rut <-laH> <lu'> je vIlo' vIneH, 'ach pIj cha' mojaq Segh jav vIlo' vIneH.

> vaj chaq <*Good serpent worms can be
> found here*> lujatlhmeH, <naDev qagh QaQ tu'laH> <naDev tu'laH qagh QaQ> 
ghap
> lujatlhlaw' neH tlhInganpu'.

nuqjatlh?  Dap 'oHlaw' mu'tlheghlIj cha'DIch'e'.  naDev nuq tu'laH qagh QaQ?

>    qechvam vIQIjchu'meH, DIvI' Hol vIlo'nIS:
>   People often say "your school spirit," as in "Show your school spirit,"
> generally referring to the pride representing their college. I'm not sure if
> it's just coincidence or if Okrand chose the word for "spirit" for this
> reason, but the tlhIngan Hol word for "your [school] spirit" would be
> <qa'lIj>, pronounced as "college."

ghaytanHa'.  mu'vam 'oghlaw' neH Okrand.  QIch meq qelbe'law'.

-- 
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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