tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Nov 15 08:47:14 1997
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Re: peDtaH 'ej jIQuch
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: peDtaH 'ej jIQuch
- Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 11:47:07 -0500 (EST)
At 05:57 PM 14/11/97 -0800, you wrote:
>ja' charghwI':
>>jIQoch. vay' tlhuHmoH ghu'. ghu'mo' tlhuHlu'.
>>
>>"It caused him to be afraid." 'e' Daqaw'a'? "It causes one to be
>>exhillerated." 'e' DaHar'a'? tlhuHmoHlu', qar'a'?
>
>We lack immediately understandable words for "subject" and "object", so
>I'll give my grammatical justification in English.
>
>I intend {tlhuHmoH} to mean "it exhilarates" with no object. Not merely
>an indefinite one, but none at all. The subject is supposed to be "it",
>referring to the previously elucidated situation.
>
>>chaq jImuj. jISovchu'be'.
>
>qechwIjvaD bImuj. qechwIj DaSovchu'be'pu' neH.
>
>-- ghunchu'wI'
>
>
>
>This may be a little off topic, but have any of you noticed that Kang is
also the name of one of the aliens on the Simpsons> Coincidence? I think
not. Sorry if this wasn't in Klingon.
qasi