tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Nov 08 08:05:20 1996
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Re: KLBC: How's this?
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>Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 18:51:18 -0800
>From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
>DaH batlh tlhIngan Hol DajatlhchoH! majQa'!
>jatlh McReynolds:
>
>> tlhIngan Hol:
>>
>
>*{wa'DIch, mu'meywIj Dayaj'a'?}
>
>You can't use {wa'DIch} in this manner. It is only used to number things. It
>must follow a noun, and then means gives that noun an ordinal value. {Duj
>wa'DIch} is "the first ship." Again, this sort of thing is not very relevant
>to the sentence as a whole, and I doubt Klingons would be interested in saying
>it.
I'm inclined to agree with you, but I should point out that Krankor, at
least at some point, has used "wa'DIch" adverbially (in taHjaj wo': 'ach
Heghmaj yIpIHQo', ghaytan wa'DIch jagh'e' wIHeghmoHmo' [damn, I can't sing
that without saying DIHeghmoHmo'; it sounds better]). I don't think I
agree with it there either. Also, it's a song/poem, so the rules may be
different. More importantly, neither Krankor nor I can make such rules up
anyway, but I think people should know that there's some lack of unanimity
about this even among the Grammarians.
>*{chu'wI'mo' jIH, tlhIngan vIQub 'ej pab je mu'tay' vInej QatlhtaH 'e'
>qaja'laHchu'.}
>"Because I am a starter [beginner] . . ." We tend to use the word {taghwI'}
>"one who starts" for this word. A {chu'wI'} is someone who is new. I don't
>suppose you just came out of the box, did you? :)
Awww... I thought we liked "chu'wI'" because of the nice homophony with
"chu'wI'"/trigger. All these new whippersnappers... :)
~mark
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