tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jul 09 19:06:05 1997
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Re: Saj, 'ay' wa'DIch
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>Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 17:09:34 -0700 (PDT)
>From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
>
>[email protected] on behalf of Deborah Kay wrote:
>
>> Qatlh ghu' 'e' luqelbe'.
>
>This ends up meaning, "They do not consider the fact that the situation is
>difficult." You need {Qub}:
>
>Qatlh ghu' 'e' luQubbe'.
I'd have gone for {Har}. I need to do some thinking on the relative
meanings of things like {qel}, {Har}, {Qub}, {SIv}, etc. I tend to think
of {Qub} as more of a sit-and-think sort of thing than to believe or
opine.
>> 'ach targh Dech loDHom DeSDu'Daj.
>
>targh luDech loDHom DeSDu'Daj
What's that extra -Daj doing there? I think in general (this is a *style*
note, not a grammar note anymore) I could do without a whole lot of -Daj's
in this story. Something like "Her son hoped his mother would..." sounds
weird in English and weirder in Klingon, to me.
>> juH retlhDaq tIqbogh tlhegh lang tu'lu'. Qaghmo' loDHom, QIt mo' chenmoH.
>
>Because he erred? What do you mean?
I guess this didn't trouble me as much. He kept making mistakes as he
built, so it took longer.
~mark
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