tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 02 10:59:41 1999
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RE: nuqDaq 'oH *platter*wIj!!
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: nuqDaq 'oH *platter*wIj!!
- Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 11:00:37 -0700
jatlh quljIb:
> > ghutpu' law vItlhob 'ej Dochmeyvam vItlhob: nuqDaq 'oH *platter*'e'?
jatlh pI'lo:
> quljIb,
> lutlIj vItIv. tachDaq jIvum. pIj tachvamDaq petaQmey
> vIHoHqang. (I purposely used -mey, as I question their sentience!)
Although using suffixes like <-wIj> instead of <-wI'> is considered quite
insulting, using <-mey> instead of <-pu'> simply means that the beings are
scattered about.
> vIHoH 'e' bot batlhwIj neH.
majQa'. I really like this sentence.
> *I could not find <ghut>. I assume it's a verb? Also I was sure there
> was a verb to express "act as if" but can't find it. *
<ghot> is a noun meaning "person", and I am pretty sure this is what quljIb
meant. <Da> is a verb meaning "behave as, act in the manner of".
pagh
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