tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 05 00:24:12 1999

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Re: qep'a' javDIch schedule posted

In a message dated 7/3/1999 3:04:18 PM US Mountain Standard Time, 
aranders@netusa1.net writes:

<< >nuqjatlh?  nuq 'oS mu' {pawpu'ghach}?
 
 It has a literal meaning of "having arrived", which I might translate into
 more fluid English as "arrival".
 
 >DIp chu' chenmoHmeH mIwvam, wot mojaq Segh Soch ngaSDI', vaj ghu'vam 
vIparqu'.
 
 "In order for this procedure to cause a new noun to form, as soon as it
 contains a type seven verb suffix, thus I really dislike this situation."
 
 mu'tlheghvam vIyajchu'be'.  nuqDaq DIp chu' Dalegh?  ghu' Daqelbogh vISovbe'.
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mu' chu' 'oH mu' {pawpu'ghach}'e'.  naDev vIlegh.  qatlh Daleghbe'?  SoQ'a' 
mInDu'lIj?  mu'vam Da'oghpu', ghunchu'wI'?  qabmaj tlhopDaq 'oHtaHbogh 
ghu''e' vIqel jay'.

maj.  mu' {pawpu'ghach} chenmoHmeH mIw neH vIpar.  vIchenmoHmeH, wot mojaq 
Segh Soch vIlo'qangbe'.  Qobqu' ghu'vam.  The perfective in such a 
construction must indicate that the arrival has already taken place.  Klingon 
is not like another language any of us has ever encountered.  Still, I have 
trouble believing it is so different as to use Aspect markers within nouns.

peHruS

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