tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Feb 10 08:06:17 1999
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Re: Monster verb construction - does this work?
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Monster verb construction - does this work?
- Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 11:06:09 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
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On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 06:17:11 -0800 (PST) Joel Peter Anderson
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I don't anticipate ever using this in a sentence (I'm doubt it even
> expresses a coherent thought). However, as an example, and as a mnemonic
> or chart of all the verb suffixes in action does this work? And, for that
> matter, can someone suggest a better construction? (My aim was to have a
> handy word like the noun QaghHommeyHeylIjmo' that uses all of the nominal
> suffixes 1-5):
>
> bIHup'eghnISbe'qa'moHlaHbejtaHneS'a'
"Are you continuously definitely able to resume causing yourself
to not need to punish, your honor?" Interesting.
Well, I'd personally be tempted to pair it with your favorite
noun thing and make a sentence, like this Klingon equivalent to
"How are things going with your wife?" while addressing someone
who has been complaining lately about marital problems, spoken
to both members of the marriage:
QaghHommeyHeyrajmo' Sungaghchuqqangqa'moHlaHbe'chu'taHneS'a'?
"Your honors, are you, because of your apparent little errors,
still perfectly unable to cause each other to again be willing
to mate?"
Not bad for two words.
> d'Armond's pojwI' didn't blink at this and yielded:
pojwI' never blinks.
> you (yes/no)? honorific on-going certainly can cause todo again
> not need to oneself punish
>
> (Whatever *that* means!)
pojwI' is a great way to quickly look up words. The task of
interpreting affix combinations is a substantial one, however...
> joel anderson * http://members.aol.com/JPKlingon * [email protected]
> **mIghghachvo' yImej 'ej yIQaQ; roj yInej 'ej Dochvam yItlha'**
> **Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it**
charghwI' 'utlh