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RE: KLBC qaDHom



jIqaD. jIjatlh:

> qen De'wI' Quj chu' vIje'. Klingon Honor Guard ponglu'.
> chu'be' Qujvam, 'ach waghbe'choHpu'mo' 'ej HoSghajbogh
> De'wI' chu' vIchenmoHta'mo' Quj vIje' 'ej vIwaH.

> Quj tlhej paqHom.

jang peHruS. jatlh:

> naDev DIp {Quj} DaloHa' 'e' vIHar. Quj luQujlu'. 'ach Quj 'aD
> je'lu' 'e' vIQub.

> Lacking another word for "kit, pieces," I have recommended the
> word "paraphernalia."

<'aH> DaghItlh 'e' DaHech, qar'a'?

> Perhaps others can suggest a better word. I get the feeling
> that Quj is the object of the verb Quj, the game one plays,
> not the kit.

nuq vIje'ta'? Doch'e' vIje'ta'bogh vIDelmeH, Quj vIpong. Quj'e' je'laH'a'
vay'? qIt 'e' vIHar, 'ach chaq jImuj (... 'ach 'e' vIHon). lughbej <De'wI'
Quj ta vIje'>, 'ach lughchugh je <Quj vIje'>, motlhbe' <De'wI' Quj ta
vIje'>, 'ej ghaytan tlhInganna'vaD taQ.

After a purchase at a computer store, do you say "I bought a game" or "I
bought a computer game CD"? The second is more precise, but in practice,
nobody uses it and it sounds weird. Does Klingon behave the same way? We do
not know, and we will probably never find out.

jImuj 'e' vIHajQo'. Holvam vIlo'taHvIS rut jImujbej, 'ach jIjatlh 'e'
vImevQo'. jIlughtaH 'e' vInID, 'ach rut jImuj 'e' vIcherghlaHbej.

vaj lugh'a' mutlheghwIj - <Quj tlhej paqHom.>? lughbej <Quj tamey tlhej
paqHom> 'e' vIchID, 'ach muj <Quj tlhej paqHom.> 'e' Daqap. jISaHbe'. <Quj
tlhej paqHom.> vIlo'taH.


DaH Doch'e' vIje'ta'bogh vIDelchu': Suy qachDaq ngaSwI' vIwoH. vIDIl.
juHwIjDaq jIchegh. ngaSwI' vIpoSmoH 'ej vIwoD. ngaSwI' mach, paqHom, veQ Sar
je vItu'. cha' ta ngaS ngaSwI' mach. ghomey rur tavam 'ej beQchu'. veQ
vIwoD, 'ach paqHom, tamey je vIpolba'. Qujna' Del paqHom, 'ej QujmeH mIw
QIj. Qujna' vIQujmeH, tamey Hotlh De'wI'wIj, 'ej Quj cha' De'wI' jIH.
jIQujmeH - Quj vIruQmeH - De'wI' SeHlaw vIlo'.


pagh
Beginners' Grammarian



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