tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Mar 04 21:08:30 1998
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Re: KLBC: SIS voDleH
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: SIS voDleH
- Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 21:06:46 -0800
At 18:14 98-03-04 -0800, Jaime wrote:
}something came up in my thlingan Hol class tonight that we weren't sure
}about, so I thought i'd throw it to the linguist-wolves ;) Well, really a
}couple of things.
}
}First, can you use the noun-noun construction to say "Arthur, King of the
}Brittons" (That is, brItanpu' voDleH)? That is, he is the 'owner' of his
}subjects; if not, what would work better?
That is a definite use for the noun-noun construction. It actually implies
that his subjects own him, but the do in the same sense that Elizabeth II is
"my" Queen.
}Also, the -wI suffix implies 'the person who does that thing' (as in a
}baHwI'). so a meQwI' would be someone who burns things, no? And so how
}would you say "the person who burns this _specific_ thing? verenganpu'
}meQwI'?
This would be ambiguous. It could be a Ferengi arsonist, or it could be a
burner of Ferengis, or even a thing, a flamethrower designed for use on or
by Ferengi.
To be specific: {verenganpu' meQbogh nuv'e'} A person who burns Ferengi.
Yes, it appears that meQ is both transitive and intransitive.
}and, out of curiosity, if my simple questions (in english no less :)
}haven't annoyed you already, is there a noun form of SIS and what's the
}name of the ferengi homeworld?
No known noun form of SIS. The correct usage of the verb SIS is unknown and
controversial. And I have no idea what the verenganpu' call their world.
Qov [email protected]
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