tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 20 10:57:24 1999
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RE: KLBC / Hurgh SIrgh
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC / Hurgh SIrgh
- Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 10:57:04 -0700
ja'pu' pIl'o':
>>> Qe' matlhwIjDaq jIHtaH.
>>> . . .
>>> *newspaper naQ vIlaDnISlaw'.
>>> roD SeQ wanI'vam.
jIja'pu':
>> SeQ'a'?
jang pIl'o'. ja':
> ritual. something I do in my almost pre-conscious
> state as the caffeine starts to kick.
Looking at the other definitions of <SeQ> - "be formal, ceremonial", I don't
think this use of "ritual" works. Nice try, though. How about <motlh>?
>>> 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.
>
> how about: < mubeQmoH HuH'a' rur DaHjaj'e'.>
You want <HuD> rather than <HuH>. Also, you need to connect the verb
<mubeQmoH> to <rur> somehow - right now the sentence has two main verbs,
which is bad. You could go with <mubeQmoHbogh HuD'a' rur DaHjaj'e'>, or you
could get really weird and go with <mubeQmoH HuD'a' 'e' rur DaHjaj'e'>. The
second one is definitely very strange to English speakers (and maybe Klingon
speakers as well), so make sure you understand it before you use it.
pagh
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