tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Mar 16 13:10:36 1997
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RE: KLBC: "problem" as a noun
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: "problem" as a noun
- Date: Sun, 16 Mar 97 21:05:36 UT
jatlh qoror:
> qoror here. I hope you all know that nobody is positive on how to say
> "problem" as a noun in tlhIngan-Hol, but I thought of something that's not
only
> fairly accurate, but also fairly short. How about "qay'wI'?" A "thing
which is
> a problem," and much smaller than "qay'bogh Doch." -wI', I think, would be
> pretty useful for all those strange verbs like qay', and also for all those
> verb/adjectives.
Yes, {qay'wI'} can mean "problem." I don't think that was ever really in
question.
Remember, though, that throwing {-wI'} around can be pretty vague. Use verbs
as much as you can. Instead of saying {qay'wI' vIghaj}, say {qay' ghu'wIj} or
something like it.
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SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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