tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jun 09 10:56:53 1998
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RE: jabbI'ID cha'
- From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: jabbI'ID cha'
- Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 12:55:49 -0500 (CDT)
: qInSaD wrote:
: >wej Haq SIQta' 'ej Soch Hu' Haq loSDIch qaSlu'.
:
: The first part of the sentence is probably fine, but I do have two
: comments. Fist off, you have run into one of the annoying ambiguities of
: Klingon. <wej> can either mean "three" or "not yet". In this case, we
: can tell from the second part of the sentence, but it might be clearer
: if you avoided it. Second, I don't know if we can use <Haq> to describe
: a specific surgical procedure; it might just mean surgery in general.
: Fortunately, both problems can be avoided with a simple change: <wejlogh
: Haq SIQta'>.
:
: pagh
: Temporary Beginners' Grammarian
There's nothing in my notes that'll help with {Haq}:
Haq perform surgery (on) (v) KGT
- No examples.
Haq intervene in (a situation) (v) (slang) KGT
- (Any examples in KGT?)
Haq surgery (n)
- No examples.
Haqtaj scalpel (n)
- No examples.
HaqwI' surgeon (n)
- HaqwI''e' DaH yISam
Find the SURGEON now! TKD
SIQ endure, bear (v)
- 'oy' DaSIQjaj!
May you endure the pain! PK
- yIn DayajmeH 'oy' yISIQ.
To understand life, endure pain. TKW
- yIn nI' yISIQ 'ej yIchep!
Live long and prosper! (RT mag)
SIQwI' celebrant, recipient [i.e. of pain during a nentay] KGT (n)
- SIQwI' lu'oy'moHmeH juppu'Daj 'oy'naQmey lo' chaH
The Painstik is employed by friends of the recipient... S32
Voragh