tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jul 09 05:01:18 1997
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Re: KLBC: Trainning the begginers
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Trainning the begginers
- Date: Wed, 9 Jul 97 03:23:36 UT
[email protected] on behalf of William Cody wrote:
> > * qatlh jor romuluSngan Duj? *
>
>
> 1) rugh Hot Hap HIv DIvI'may'Dujmo' Hap Hot rugh
"Matter touches antimatter because a Federation battle cruiser attacks
antimatter touches matter."
{Hot} is used for "feeling" with your fingers, that sort of thing. For this
sort of touch, you could use {paw'} "collide."
paw' rugh Hap je
Antimatter and matter collide.
I'm really not too sure what you intended with the rest of that sentence,
though.
> 2) ra' ngeb jatlh HoD romuluSgan
As I mentioned in a previous post, you always place the race's name before the
noun which you're talking about. {romuluSngan HoD} "Romulan captain."
{romuSngan} is NOT a verb.
I think you were trying for "false order." {ra'} is only a verb, not a noun,
so you cannot use it like this.
Perhaps you mean
ra'Ha' romuluSngan HoD
The Romulan captain mis-ordered. (He gave an order incorrectly.)
> 3) Duj romuluSngan Sorgh ghoqwI' DIvI'
Again, put the race (or institution) name first.
romuluSngan Duj Sorgh DIvI' ghoqwI'.
> 4) HoD muS toy'wI', Duj Sorgh vaj
{vaj} is an adverbial, and therefore (sic) always comes before the rest of the
sentence (or clause).
HoD muS toy'wI', vaj Duj Sorgh.
> 5) SeHlaw ngeb yuv DeghwI' QIp
"The stupid helmsman pushed the fake control panel." I really don't think
{ngeb} is the word you want.
Let's see, maybe this is closer to what you meant:
leQ lughbe' yuv DeghwI' QIp
The stupid helsman pushed the wrong switch.
> 6) 'avwI' rugh HoH jIb SoS Hod 'ej jan ngas rugh chu'be'
"The hair's mother's captain killed the guard's antimatter, and not-old
antimatter contains a device."
I'm afraid I really don't know what you were trying to say on this one.
Something about not activing the antimatter containment field, I think.
> I hope what I intended to say is somewhat accurate. Qapla'!!
>
> "may'Daq Heghbe'"
> Is this: "Do not die in battle"?
Not quite. As a command, you need two things. First is an imperative prefix.
See TKD 4.1.2. In this case, it's {yI-}.
Next, remember that whenever you give a command, you don't use {-be'} at all,
but you use {-Qo'}.
may'Daq yIHeghQo'
Don't die in battle.
Seems rather an un-Klingon thing to say . . . you're not a Romulan spy, are
you?
--
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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