tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 12 20:15:44 1996

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RE: KLBC: Translation

jatlh HurghwI':

"No matter where you go, there you are."

>  Actually, I just realized it might be:
>  pa' SoHtaHmo' ram Daq bIjaHbogh

The position of the {-mo'} clause is probably not important.  However, your 
misuse of {Daq} and {jaH} *is*!

One of my corrections of your sentences was {ram Daq DaghoSbogh, pa' 
SoHtaHmo'}.  Note that here, {Daq} is the noun found on TKD p. 181, meaning 
"site, location."  I'm not using it as a noun suffix!  The sentence literally 
means
"The site which you approach is unimportant, because there you are."

When you use {jaH}, you've got to use the Type 5 noun *suffix* {-Daq}, which 
is not the same as the *noun* {Daq}.  Unfortunately, thanks to problems 
related to the "ship in which I fled" dilemma (see the FAQ), this probably 
wouldn't work in your sentence!  You can't say *{Daq bIjaHbogh} because {bI-} 
indicates no object, yet you have one.  *{Daq DajaHbogh} doesn't work either, 
because you need to add the locative suffix to the object, but then you'd have 
to write *{DaqDaq ram bIjaHbogh . . .}, which doesn't make any sense either . 
. .  You see what's going on?

I used the verb {ghoS} in my translation to solve this problem.  You don't 
need to use the locative suffix on nouns which come before it; they become its 
object.

SuStel
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