tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 22 19:34:02 1996
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Re: chu' mu'mey nuqDaq vItu'laH'a'
- From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
- Subject: Re: chu' mu'mey nuqDaq vItu'laH'a'
- Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 22:35:30 -0500
ghItlh 'etlhqengwI':
>pawpu' chu' _HolQeD_.
Beginning with the subject line, you are consistenly misplacing verbs
used as adjectives. TKD section 4.4 says that "stative" verbs can be
used *after* a noun to modify it. This should be {pawpu' _HolQeD chu'}.
>Qanqor lut vIlaD vIneH 'ach cha' _HolQeD_mey neH vIghaj.
maj. pup mu'tlheghvam.
>vaj yap mu'mey vIghajbe'.
<...mu'mey yap...> DajatlhnIS.
>De'vam cho'anglaH'a' vay'?
(I accept this use of the {cho-} prefix, but I don't much care for it.
I highly prefer {jIHvaD De'vam 'anglaH'a' vay'?}.)
>wej bIH vIje'laH.
Do'Ha'.
In a later message, 'etlhqengwI' writes:
>Perhaps
>vaj yap De' vIghajbe'
>would be better?
Again, if you want to say "sufficient information", {yap} must follow {De'}.
To answer your request, here are some words you might find useful.
>From HolQeD 1:3 - {tonSaw'} "klingon fighting"
>From "Conversational Klingon" via HolQeD 1:4 -
{'eq} "be early" {paS} "be late" {Sum} "be near"
{qutlh} "be cheap" {waH} "be expensive"
>From HolQeD 2:4 - I quote directly:
...there are two words for "ear":
{qogh} refers to the flap of skin or cartilage or whatever it is that
sticks out on either side of the head.
{teS} refers to the organ of hearing, inside the head.
{qogh} "ear," of course, is homophonous with {qogh} "belt." When used
in context, there is seldom confusion; less so when the plural is used
({qoghDu'} can only be "ears" while {qoghmey} generally means "belts.")
-- ghunchu'wI' batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj