tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Mar 17 10:34:00 1999
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RE: KLBC: An inspirational speech(Update)
On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, Alan Anderson wrote:
> ja' quljIb:
> >pop? ta'? yay? I know these words not. Realize I'm still working with an
> >outdated copy of TKD.
>
> How outdated is it? The small blue 1985 edition has {ta'} and {yay}
> in both sides of the word lists; the larger white 1992 edition adds
> {pop} "reward" in the addendum.
Oh, so it does. Oops.
> >Object-Verb-Subject! Object-Verb-Subject! Got to learn to back thinkwards!
>
> NO! Don't get yourself into the trap of thinking that it's "backwards".
>
[Lengthy (but relevant) explaination snipped]
I jest, ghunchu'wI', I jest.
> >> > maSuvDI' *jaghpu'majvo'* qang *'IwtIq'a'mey*.
> >> Also, <qang> is a verb meaning "pour", but it means "pour something from one
> >> container to another", as in pouring bloodwine into a glass. It cannot be
> >> used for the kind of "pour" you want. Okrand has used <vIHtaHbogh bIQ> for
> >> "running water"; perhaps you can use something similar.
> >
> >Thanks. My copy of TKD didn't have the right verb for the feeling I wanted
> >to evoke.
>
> Maybe {nIj} "leak" evokes the right feeling? Toss {pe'vIl} "forcefully"
> in front of it and see how it sounds. But I suspect that you'll find the
> verb {SoD} "flood" is very nearly perfect.
majQa'na'! vIparHa'.
> -- ghunchu'wI'
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