tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Oct 22 22:36:37 1997
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Re: KLBC: qeqqa' muHwI'
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: qeqqa' muHwI'
- Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 22:36:35 -0700
At 12:21 97-10-15 -0700, muHwI' wrote:
}wejleS DuSaQDaQ jIvumnIStaHbe'mo' jIQuch.
} Because I have no school the following two weeks I am happy.
} (VERY loose translation)
Consider also:
wejleS jIvumnISbe'choH
wejleS jIghIQchoH, qaStaHvIS cha' Hogh jIvumnISbe'taH
(I use {-taH} and not {-lI'} because despite the definite stopping point,
your not working isn't any sort of progress toards a goal.
}vaj tlhIngan Hol vIghojlaHchu'.
} In that case I can learn Klingon perfectly.
}~-~-~
majQa'.
}DaHjaj DuSaQDaq jIja''eghtaH. Dochvam yIlaDqu':
chorur.
}verenganpu' vIlegh.
}jIHvo' yIghoS jIjatlh vIparmo'.
If I were charghwI' I would complain stridently about the {-mo'} clause at
the end of that sentence. As it is, I think it's clearer where you put it,
because this way the attributed speech is unambiguous.
}qatlh ghel verengan. (ghel =ask?)
bIlugh
}jImoDnISchu' jIjang.
}jISaHbe' jang.
}yItamchoH 'ej yIghoSchu' verengan.
maj.
}jIHvo' yIghoSbe'chugh vaj bIHegh jIjatlhchu'.
An imperative conditional doesn't work. Either you order someone to do
something, or you say they don't do it. Say {bIghoSbe'chugh}.
}jIHeghvIpqu' jang verengan.
}choHoHQo' jach.
{HIHoHQo'}. Telling, asking, or begging someone directly to do something
requires the imperative prefix.
}tam jIjach 'ej nom verengan HaDIbaH vIHoH.
You're referring to yelling "be quiet" in clipped Klingon? {yItamchoH} -->
{tam}? Works ok. Don't leave the letter {'} out of {Ha'DIbaH}.
}qoghDu'Daj vIpe' 'ej ramjep ghemvaD qagh verengan qoghDu' je wISop wItIv je.
{... DISop 'ej DItIv} or perhaps {... DISop 'e' wItIv} depending on whether
you at "we enjoy eating them" or "we eat them and we enjoy them." Remember
to join nouns with {je} and verbs with {'ej}. Also {ghem} already means
midnight snack, so saying {ramjep ghem} is like saying "noon lunch."
}(vImughnISlaw' --> I cut his ears and at midnight for snack[?] worms and ears
}we eat and enjoy.)
}~-~-~
}verenganpu' vIlegh.
}Hoch vIHoH.
}DaH verenganmey tulu'.
Hagh Hagh Hagh. Just don't forget the {'} on tu'lu'. Some might say
{lutu'lu'} but this has been omitted in canon and never used, so it's
probably wrong or very formal, like the proper use of "whom."
}~~~-~
}reH yuch qID vISop vIneH 'ach yuch chIS vIpar.
yuch qID? vay' tlhaQ 'oSbogh yuch DaSop DaneH'a'? jIyaj'a'?
}~-~-~
}qatlh vImughbe' 'e' DaSovqu' SoH'e'.
The question words are not necessarily the same as the relative pronouns in
this sort of sentence. I think it's being discussed elsewhere on the list
right now, so I won't go into detail. The simplest way to rcast is with a
rhetorical question.
qatlh vImughbe'? meq DaSovqu' SoH.
QIt jIjangmo' jItlhIj. jIDoy'taH. jIQaghtaH vIneHbe'mo' QIt jIjang.
Qov [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian