tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Apr 05 14:09:55 1999
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RE: nom
: jatlh muHwI':
:> {nom SIm} means "he calculates quickly"
:> A {SImwI'} is a calculator, or "somebody who calculates".
:> Can {nom SImwI'} be "someone who calculates quickly", or "fast
:> calculator"??
:
: Not really. Adverbials like <nom> modify whole sentences, not nouns.
: Consider <nom SImwI' vIHoH>. I'm not killing the one who calculates quickly;
: I'm quickly killing the calculator.
:
: pagh
In English adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs, while in
Klingon adverbials modify only the entire clause or sentence, which may
consist of a single conjugated verb. Some examples:
DaHjaj nom Soppu'
Today they ate quickly. TKD
nom yISop!
Eat them quickly!
(lit. "Eat it quickly!" referring to {qagh}, which can sometimes be plural
in English but is always singular in Klingon)
nom QaH yIqem!
Get help quickly! CK
nom yIghoSqu'! (or: nom! yIghoSqu'!)
Maximum speed. ST5
tIqIpqu' 'ej nom tIqIp
Hit them hard and hit them fast. TKW
:> It's for a klingon name, like ghunchu'wI' or charghwI' or 'oghwI'...
:> or: muHwI' }}:-)
You may want to use the verb {moD} "hurry": {moDbogh SImwI'} "the hurrying
calculator", but that makes a lousy name.
Speaking of which... according to KGT, {chelwI'} is a slang term for an
accountant, financier, someone who deals in finances/accounting, etc.,
literally meaning "one who adds" {chel}. Considering negative Klingon
(warrior) attitudes toward such people, you may want to rethink {SImwI'} as
a name.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons