tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Mar 01 11:51:19 1997
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Re: "nuqneH" Sajatlh
- From: "Dr. Lawrence M. Schoen" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: "nuqneH" Sajatlh
- Date: Sat, 01 Mar 1997 14:59:34 -0500
- Organization: http://www.kli.org
Marian Schwartz ([email protected]) wrote:
>cha') I think if you put "taHHa'" on the end of a verb, it gives the
>notion of "once and only once." This doesn't violate Klingon grammar. TKD,
>4.3: "Rovers... can come just about anywhere except following a Type 9
>suffix." "taH" is Type 7, Aspect. You could also use the same reasoning to
>say that "pu'Ha'" means future tense, but I hesitate to go that far.
I'm sure others will point this out as well, but you've missed the important point
that only half of the Rovers actually get to "rove." In this case, it's important
to also note the
If you keep reading that section on Rovers in TKD you'll come to the following:
"It is intereting that -Ha' always occurs right after the verb."
Thus you *cannot* put -taHHa' on the end of a verb, because -Ha' must always preceed
any other rovers since it always attaches to the verb stem directly. This also
shoots down the use of -pu'Ha' for the same reason.
It's a shame, too. -Ha' is easily my favorite rover, it seems to carry much more
semantic flexibility than any of the others (in my opinion).
>loS) /Dr. Lawrence Schoen/vaD jabbi'IDvam'e': yabQel ghaH vavwI''e'.
>motlhchu' Doch DabIDnajpu' jatlh.
I'm not quite sure what you're trying to tell me here. Something about your father
being a brain physician (or more eloquently, a doctor of the mind); presumably a
psychologist, and in this context probably a clinician (unlike me, I'm not a
clinician, but I am a psychologist). I can't parse the word "DabIDnajpu'" so the
rest of the sentence is murky. I'm guessing your dad has commented on my bizarre
dream-song that I posted last month, but I cannot comprehend the nature of the
comment.
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