tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Nov 11 08:29:56 1998

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Re: KLBC: hi



---Philip Hachey <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> ghomvamDaq jIchu.  ben puS tlhIngan Hol mu'ghom vIje' 'ach wej Hol
> vIghojta'.

chorur.  wa'maH cha' ben mu'ghom vIje' 'ach wej ben Hol vIghojchoH.
pablIj vIchov net chaw'be'.  *Ontario* DuSaQ'a'Daq jIghoj je.  (DaH
*Vancouver* vIDab).  chu'wI' pab chov pagh neH.  (pong 'oH *pagh*'e' -
yImISchoHQo'!)

> cha'maH cha' ben jIbogh.  De'wI'mey QeD HaDtaHbogh ghojwI' jIH.
> wej tlhIngan pong vIwIvta'.  pIj qeylIS ta' jIpong'egh "Internet"-Daq
> jIHDI' 'ach
> bonaDbe' 'e' vInub.  chay' nIDvam Dachov?

> Let us say my name is X.
> I like the noun-pong form: X 'oH pongwIj'e' (X, it is my name)
> But I don't like the verb-pong explanations.
> I have two possibilities for pong(v) -- but I don't know if they're
> correct:
> a) X jIpong'egh (I call myself X)
> b) X vIponglu' (something calls me X, or the equivalent, I am called
X)

janglaHchu' pagh.

> 2) How do you express events which take place over a period of
> time/space?  For example:
> a) For two years, I have suffered humiliation.
> b) I controlled the shuttle for a thousand km.

*appendix* yIlaD.  pabvetlh much /qetbogh loD/ qelbogh mu'tlhegh.
cha'logh chorur: jIghojchoHtaHvIS *appendix* vIbuSHa'mo' <tlhIngan
jIHbe'> jIjatlhlaHbe'.

I'm pretty sure you'll understand me after a bit of dictionary
wrestling, but e-mail me and ask if you need some help.

SKI: Look out! Another Canadian who let the dictionary ferment has
arrived! qa-na-Da! qa-na-Da!

==
Qov - pab 'utlh





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