tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Mar 22 06:03:13 1999
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Re: KLBC: {-ghach} (was Re: qama')
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: {-ghach} (was Re: qama')
- Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 09:03:10 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
- Priority: NORMAL
Hints:
1. See the noun {chon}.
2. Avoid the suffix {-ghach} whenever possible.
charghwI' 'utlh
On Sun, 21 Mar 1999 17:36:20 -0800 (PST) TPO <[email protected]>
wrote:
> >... But are not brevity and directness also halmarks of {tlhIngan
> >Hol}? Why would a Klingon say:
> >
> >{jIHvaD bel nobtaH wam}-or-
> >{bel munobtaH wam} "To hunt gives me pleasure"
> >{mubeltaH wam} "To hunt pleases me /It pleases me to hunt"
> >{jIwam(taH)meH jIbel} "Because I hunt (am hunting), I am pleased"
> >{mubelmoH chon} "The hunt pleases me"
> >{jIHvaD bel nob chon}-or-
> >{bel munob chon} "The hunt gives me pleasure"
> >
> >When what he means is
> >
> >{mubelmoH wamtaHghach} "Hunting pleases me"
> >{bel munob wamtaHghach} "Hunting give me pleasure"
>
>
> These are shorter/quicker ??
>
> (I'll let the grammarian discuss your grammer)
>
>
> jIwammo' jIbel
> DloraH