tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 16 10:10:22 1997
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{Hogh} (was: Re: KLBC: Short and Easy)
Qov wrote:
> At 23:54 97-12-15 -0800, James Coupe wrote:
>
> }>chay' yuQvam wIchargh?
> }
> }nganpu' Hogh tIHoH
>
> chaq *Friday*mey wInop 'ej *Monday* law' DIchel?
>
> }I'd appreciate what you *think* that says cos I'm not sure if I got it
> }right or not. Not to completely tell you what it is, but it's an N1-N2
> }construction with a you-them imperative verb - I think.
>
> This *is* a noun-noun with a you-them imperative, and perfectly correct
> Klingon for "Kill the inhabitants' weeks!"
>
> It wasn't until I read this out loud to my husband, in puzzlement at the
> peculiar method someone was suggesting for conquering a planet, that I
> realized you probably meant, "Kill the weak inhabitants!" Check the
> vocabulary and try this again. See section 4.4 to see how to use verbs
> adjectivally. Noun-noun isn't the trick here.
>
> Qov [email protected]
> Beginners' Grammarian
>
The person who wrote this sentence isn't German, is he? The GREAT DOW (German
TKD) really says "schwach"("weak") for {Hogh}!!! :/
HovqIj