tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Feb 19 12:59:03 1997
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Re: drinking
- From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: drinking
- Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 14:57:46 -0600 (CST)
Th. Vick wrote (Quoting SuSvaj's comment):
:> > >Yesterday I saw bodies all over the place but today warriors drink
:> > >together.
:>
:> Since *mey* is the correct suffix for *lom*, it does not have the
:> implication of being "scattered all over the place". To indicate this you
:> could say:
:>
:> wa'Hu' Dat lommey tu'lu', DaHjaj tlhutlhDI' SuvwI'pu', tay'.
:
:Shouldn't this be <DatDaq>? Dat is a noun, not an adverb.
Normally, yes. But the nouns naDev, pa' and Dat are exceptions:
"It is worth noting at this point that the concepts expressed by the English
adverbs 'here', 'there', and 'everywhere' are expressed by nouns in Klingon:
naDev 'hereabouts', pa' 'thereabouts', Dat 'everywhere'. These words may
perhaps be translated more literally as 'area around here,' 'area over
there,' and 'all places,' respectively. Unlike other nouns, these three
words are *never* followed by the locative suffix." (TKD: 27, emphasis added)
Dat in canon:
qatlh Dat DI tu'lu' tlhIngan?
Why is there rubble everywhere, Klingon? CK
qo'mey Sar charghtaHvIS chaH Dat tlhIngan may'Duj luleghDI' neH qIb nganpu'
buQpu' may'Duj 'ej ghIjpu' 'oH. nIteb ghijpu' je Deghvam
... this symbol grew to become as feared throughout the galaxy as the
menacing profiles of their battlecruisers. SP1
-- Voragh