tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jun 28 19:35:19 1997
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Re: KLBC: proper use of meQ - burn
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: proper use of meQ - burn
- Date: Sun, 29 Jun 97 01:47:13 UT
[email protected] on behalf of HetaQ wrote:
> > > Well, you may see where this is going. Our attorneys heard from Viacom.
> > > They have restated their demands for the destruction of remaining
> > > inventory of "Secret Fighting Arts".
> >
> > quvHa''eghmoHchu' taHqeqpu'! Do'Ha' not paqvam vIlaDpu'. qep'a'
loSDIchDaq
> > vIlegh, qar'a'? vIje'laHbe' 'a vIlegh vIneH.
>
> qep'a' loSDIchDaq soHvaD nob vIqem
toH! jupna' quv SoH!
> > > We've tried doing business with them, tried ignoring them, and then
begged
> > > (I'm ashamed as a Klingon) for licensing. Now it is simply time for
WAR!
> >
> > verengan Ha'DIbaHvam tIHoH!
>
> vaj [Paramount] DISuvmeH matay' chaq 'e' vIpIH'a'
Since "Paramount" is a singular noun, you need {wI-}, not {DI-}.
I'm not sure exactly why you've used both {chaq} and {-'a'}. Either ask a
question or suggest something. Don't suggest a question!
SuvmeH mIw vISovbe'. chuttej jIHbe'.
> > > mupwI' qeylIS nuqaDvIpjaj jaghmaj jay'
> >
> > "May our enemies be afraid to challenge us hammer's Kahless." Huh?
>
> va
> qeylIS mupwI' luqaDvIpjaj jaghmaj jay'
The only question now is exactly who is the enemy you refer to. If it's
"Paramount," then {jaghmaj} is fine. Paramount is an organization, a thing.
If the subject is "they," which it must be since you've used the prefix {lu-},
then you must say {jaghma'}. They can speak, after all.
> Dubta''a' pab
What does the grammar improve? In one of the SkyBox cards we see that {Dub}
is transitive. The subject is the person causes the improvement, and the
object is the thing which has been improved.
pab vIDubta''a'?
> yajlu'meH ngeD'a'
DaH jIyaj.
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