tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jun 28 09:27:18 1997
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RE: KLBC story: puyjaq
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC story: puyjaq
- Date: Sat, 28 Jun 97 16:26:31 UT
Voragh responded to Qov's story:
> |qaStaHvIS Hogh law' yuQmey chu' nuD chIjwI' HoD je. yuQ wejDIchDaq
> |SaH cha'puj toplIn je. yuQ vaghDIchDaq tayqeq Hachqu' tu'lu' 'ej
> | [...] yuQ wa'maH vaghDaq baSmey qubqu' lutu'lu'.
>
> wa'maH vaghDIchDaq -- You used <-DIch> on the other two.
I noticed that too, but I assumed that Qov did it intentionally. "On planet
number 15 . . ."
> |qal ra'ghomquv 'e' Sov. ghaytan Hegh Daqvam luSovbogh nuv'e'.
> ^^^^ ^^
> <-bogh> clauses have always confused me. Shouldn't this be:
> ghaytan Daqvam luSovbogh nuv'e' Hegh.
No. I'll put parenthesis around the noun phrase.
ghaytan Hegh (Daqvam luSovbogh nuv'e').
It is likely that (the people who know this place) will die.
> <ra'ghomquv> is still the subject, no? And you're using <nuv> as an
> unsuffixed plural here, "the people who know of this place"?
Remember, {Hegh} is "die," not "kill." The subject is the noun phrase I've
marked off.
> I do hope you're giving serious thought to submitting some of your
> stories to _jatlhmey_ No. 3. This one and <HIchDal> would be ideal.
So {jatlh} is a noun now, huh? :)
I agree, though I'd like to see some along the lines of {ram HoH}, too.
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SuStel
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