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RE: KLBC / Hurgh SIrgh



jatlh pIl'o':

> jIba'lI'  'ej qa'vIn yuch je  jItlhutlhlI'. 

maj.

> Qe' matlhwIjDaq  jIHtaH.

I assume you meant <motlh> rather than <matlh>, and the <-wIj> does not
migrate to the adjective verb like the <-Daq> does.

> *newspaper  naQ  vIlaDnISlaw'.  
> roD  SeQ  wanI'vam.

SeQ'a'?

> reH  ghIgh  law'meyna'  vIvumnISlaw'.

Once again, the only suffix type that migrates to the adjective verb is type
five, so you should have <ghIghmeyna' law'>. Also, <vum> is defined as
"work, toil", so it seem like something that cannot take an object. Think
about <ta'> instead.

> muba'bogh  HuD'a' rurtaH DaHjaj'e'.

<ba'> is "sit", not "sit on", so it probably cannot take an object, and the
thing sat upon must be a locative. We have a very nice canon example -
<quSDaq ba'lu''a'?> - "Is this seat taken?" - from the list of useful
expressions in the TKD appendix. Also, I think the <ba'> calls for a <-taH>,
but the <rur> does not really need one.

> jImoghtaH. jI'Itlaw'taH.

Do'Ha'.

> vISIQ  yab-'engvam'e'  'ej  tIqwIjDaq  vIyaj.

Sentence order - the verb <vISIQ> should go after the object.

> HuH  'upna'  'eptaHqu'  DaHjaj'e'.

Wow. That is a really . . . interesting metaphor. I suspect you wanted
<'epqu'taH> rather than <'eptaHqu'>. The difference is subtle.


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