tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jan 05 11:12:07 1997
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RE: KLBC: hello
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: hello
- Date: Sun, 5 Jan 97 18:46:29 UT
January 04, 1997 10:16 PM, jatlh Caryn Law:
> SuStel, if you could "grade" this, that would be great. :)
nuqDaq 'oH "apple"-wIj'e'?
> eric d. zay wrote:
> >nuq QeD DaHaDlI'.
Actually, it's not your sentence, but I'd like to comment on SuSvaj's words.
He uses {nuq QeD} to mean "which science." This is one of those times when
charghwI' would say, "Recast!"
QeD DaHaDlI'bogh yIngu'.
> logh QeD vIHaDlI' 'ej <mathematics> je <Russian> vIHaDlI' je.
The noun conjunction {je} must go *after* the nouns it's joining.
{"mathematics" "Russian" je}.
> Holmey jIghojtaH 'e' jItIv. muQaHqu' jabbI'ID ghom.
{Holmey} is the object of {ghoj}, so you must choose the "I" subject "it"
object prefix: {vI-}. The same is true for {tIv}: {'e'} is the object, and is
considered as an "it."
Holmey vIghojtaH 'e' vItIv.
> qaStaHvIS neH wa' Hogh, mu'tay' law' vIghojqu'.
If you're talking about only one week occurring, then you need to say
{qaStaHvIS wa' Hogh neH}. If you're talking about one week merely occurring,
then you can keep this the way it is. Read up on {neH} in section 5 of TKD.
> <Chinese> je <Icelandic> vIHaDlI' je.
"Chinese" "Icelandic" je
toH! "Iceland" Hol jatlhwI' law' vISov!
> tugh <National Guard>DaQ mangwI' jiH. Qu'vetlhvaD Holmey vISovnIS.
The noun suffix is {-Daq}, not {-DaQ}. {DaQ} means "ponytail."
> tlhIngan Hol vIjatlh 'e' bellu'chugh, jIQub? {{:)
If you use {'e'}, and then the next main verb which it is the object of has
{-lu'}, then you need to change it. Change {'e'} to {net}, and remove the
{-lu'}. This is in section 6 of TKD.
Furthermore, {tlhIngan Hol vIjatlh} is *not* the object of {bel}! And I
cannot parse this with the {-chugh}, anyway. {bel} does not take an object.
I cannot say {targh vIbel jIH}. Therefore, you cannot use {'e'} or {net} as
its object, either.
Here's a recast for your intended sentence:
tlhIngan Hol vIjatlhlaHmo', chaq bel "National Guard".
Perhaps the National Guard will be pleased because I can speak Klingon.
> -- pong vItu' 'e' jIQub: SISjev.
If you're stating something, and you're not sure if it's accurate, you should
use {-law'}.
pong vItu'law'.
I think I've found a name.
If you do know it's accurate, you don't need anything special:
pong vItu'.
I found a name.
If you want to make it known that you are absolutely certain that the
information is correct, you can use {-bej}:
pong vItu'bej.
I definitely found a name!
SISjev . . . hee hee!
--
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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