tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Mar 23 06:32:22 1999
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RE: Klingon Unity (was Re: Cardassians, et. al.)
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Klingon Unity (was Re: Cardassians, et. al.)
- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 09:32:19 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
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Meanwhile, understanding that this is a language with a great
focus on verbs, I very much prefer sentences that DO something.
On Mon, 22 Mar 1999 15:46:50 -0800 (PST) david joslyn
<[email protected]> wrote:
> The noun-phrase idea sits better with me, somehow.
>
> Sormey law' 'ach wa' ngem
muv Sormey law'; chen wa' ngem.
> yuQmey law' 'ach wa' wo'
muv yuQmey law'. chen wa' wo'.
> jatmey law' 'ach wa' Hol
jeS jatmey law'. wa' Hol lujatlh.
> quljIb
charghwI' 'utlh
> ======
> On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, Andeen, Eric wrote:
>
> > jatlh quljIb:
> >
> > > law' Sormey 'ach wa' ngem
> > > law' yuQmey 'ach wa' wo'
> > > law' jatmey 'ach wa' Hol
> >
> > The first bits - <law' Sormey>, etc. - are complete sentences: "The trees
> > are many". The second bits - <wa' ngem> - are not. This lack of symmetry is
> > disturbing somehow.
> >
> > You could put the <law'> after the nouns - <Sormey law'> - and just make the
> > sentence into a noun phrase. You could also make the second bits into
> > complete sentences.
> >
> > > Many trees - one forest
> > > Many worlds - one Empire
> > > Many tongues - one language
> >
> > > Sormey Hol, HuDmey Hol, Hovmey Hol je ghoj vIneH. :-)
> >
> >
> > pagh
> > Beginners' Grammarian
> >
> > tlhIngan Hol Mailing List FAQ
> > http://www.bigfoot.com/~dspeers/klingon/faq.htm
> >
> >
>
Will Martin
UVA ITC Computer Support Services