tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Aug 11 04:24:50 1999
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Re: KLBC / lI'laH tlhIngan Hol
Alan Anderson wrote:
> ja'pu' pIl'o':
> >wa' naQ rep Ni' 'e' vumchu'ta'qu' tIqwIj pongwIj je.
> *I could'a swore I said <porghwIj> oops. Also forgive <vIghItlhHa'> on the
> <Ni> Perhaps I goofed, but would you consider <pongwIj> referring to me
> exercising my "motivated butt" as well as the ol' ticker? he...he...
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> jIja'pu':
> >loQ pupbe' pablIj, 'ach qayaj. mumISmoH wa' mu' neH: <pongwIj>.
> >DaghItlhHa'law'.
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> ja'qa' pIl'o':
> > DaH jImIS. ghorgh ponglIj vIlo'Ha'?
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> bIyajHa'. pongwIj vIqelbe'. mu' <pongwIj> vIqel.
> bIja'pu' <tIqwIj pongwIj je>.
> lughbe'law' <pongwIj>, 'ach mu' lugh vIngu'laHbe'.
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> > I meant to say: <jItlhuHqu'mo.> but now I think <qu'
> >jItlhuHlI'mo', jum QIchwIj.> is better. I don't mean to say that I need a
> >Certs, but that I am doing it hard, fast and with great effort.
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> qechvamvaD pup <pe'vIl>. pe'vIl bItlhuHtaHmo', jum QIchlIj.
*why <bItlhuHtaHmo'> instead of <bItlhuHlI'mo'>? I was exercising for a
definite hour, not forever. Oh, but I am BREATHING forever (well, for several
more years, I hope) But by the context you can understand that I am talking
about hard breathing during the one hour session.[ I 'spose I can take comfort
knowing that more skilled Klingon speakers are confused on this aspect issue.]
I was talking about something that is finished, happening earlier in the day,
and I had a temporary condition (breathing hard during a one hour session) that
caused me to do something for a moment (I spoke weirdly) but I am supposed to
use a <continuous> suffix? Is this usage you suggest 1) optional usage, style
2)optimal usage or 3)required usage?
*it seems obsurd to ask these kinds of obtuse questions when I'm still plugging
verb suffixes on nouns and visa versa! pIl'o'
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