tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Sep 27 19:31:31 1997
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Re: KLBC: practise
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: practise
- Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 19:31:19 -0700
At 12:51 97-09-27 -0700, muHwI' wrote:
}wa'Hu' jIHu'. Yesterday, I woke up
{jIHu'} - I got up. {jIvem} - woke up. In ST III you can hear the Klingons
yelling "yIHu'!" at Spock. They want him on his feet.
}Qe'Daq vIghoS. I went to the kitchen
{Qe'} - restaurant {vutpa'} - kitchen With the verb {ghoS}, don't use the
{-Daq} suffix. See p. 28.
}vay' vItlhutlh vIneH. I wanted to drink something
maj.
}qa'vIn vIparHa' 'ach tu'lu'be'. I like coffee but there was none
maj.
}vaj nIm vInobHa' . chIm. So I took the milk. It was empty
{nobHa'} means give back, un-give. To say "take," use {tlhap}. Maybe also
{lel} would be appropriate here.
}nIm latlh vISamnIS. I needed to find other milk
We now know that {latlh} goes before the noun it modifies. {latlh nIm} -
other milk, additional milk.
}Do' nom 'oH vIlegh. Luckily I saw it quickly.
The {'oH} isn't necessary here, or are you emphasising that you saw >it< as
opposed to something else.
}DaH jIQuch nIm vItlhutlhlaHmo'. Now I was happy 'cause I could drink
There are those who insist that the {-mo'} clause precede the main clause,
but we don't have a rule to say it must.
}jImoDnISmo' nom jItlhutlh. Because I had to hurry I drunk quickly
maj.
}mu'ghomwIj vIlo'be'. DaH DuSaQ jIHtaH.
majQa'. I would have said {vIlo'taH} to make it clear that you didn't use
the dictionary for the whole effort.
}I am really proud about this because I did not use any sources.
}I did it in school during my class. {{:-)
majQa'. bIHem 'e' Dabaj.
Qov [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian