tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Oct 22 23:43:18 1997
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Re: KLBC: space garbage
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: space garbage
- Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 23:43:16 -0700
At 13:02 97-10-22 -0700, muHwI' wrote:
> TKW 104: "Shooting space garbage is no test of a warrior's mettle."
> {vaj toDuj Daj ngeHbej DI vI'} [warrior courage test cosmos litter
> sharpshooting] ???
>
> mu'tlheghvam vIyajlaHbe' je
> yIQIj je
object: {vaj toDuj}
verb: {Daj}
subject: {ngeHbej DI vI'}
{vaj toDuj} noun-noun construction
{vaj} "warrior" + {toDuj} "courage" = "warrior's courage" or
"courage of a warrior"
{Daj} "test inconclusively"
{ngeHbej DI vI'} noun-noun construction where the first noun is
itself a noun-noun:
(ngeHbej + DI) + vI'
{ngeHbej DI} "rubble of the cosmos" = "space garbage"
{ngeHbej DI vI'} "space garbage marksmanship," "marksmanship of space
garbage" = "shooting of space garbage"
Literally:
"Shooting of space garbage inconclusively tests a warrior's courage."
i.e. it isn't enough to properly test it: it's no test.
Qov [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian