Re: SengwIj

["William H. Martin" <whm2m@virginia.edu>]

HIvqa' veqlargh. QaghwIj moj qa'ral Qagh. lughDI' mu'<<buS>> mu' 
<<qIm>> lo' qa'ral 'ej *object* lo'laHbe' mu' <<qIm>>. mu' 
<<qIm>> vIlaD 'ej *prefix* vIbuSHa'. *appositive* lo' qa'ral 'e' 
vIpIH 'ej jIjang.

On Mon, 6 Dec 1999 13:55:35 +-300 Carleton Copeland 
<copeland@eycis.com> wrote:

> muja' charghwI':
> 
> > jIltheD vIneHbe'. chora'laHbe'. choyajlaHbe'law'.
> 
> My exchanges with charghwI' typically exhibit about as much mutual 
> understanding as "Who's on First?" in the original Klingon, but I do see 
> the problem here:

maQumHa'mo' jI'IQ. ghu'vam vIDuvqang.
 
> jIja'pu':
> 
> >> ghunchu'wI' charghwI' je tIqIm!
> 
> ja'pu' charghwI':
> 
> > chorI'law'.
> 
> In my head, {tIqIm!} was saying, "(you, i.e., nuvnov) pay attention to 
> (them, i.e., ghunchu'wI' charghwI' je)! jIbachHa'law'pu', vaj HIvqa' 
> veqlargh! I know about chaos theory--small changes in initial conditions 
> and all that--but really, charghwI', did one small grammatical error throw 
> you off to such an extent that you thought I was giving you and ghunchu'wI' 
> unsolicited advice about marriage and changing your places of residence? 

HIja'. Others have given me such invasive advice for less reason.

> jIyay'!

loQ jIyay' je vaj qajang. rut maDogh Hoch.
 
> qa'ral

charghwI'