tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Mar 29 08:23:03 1999
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RE: poH HochDaq Qong
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: poH HochDaq Qong
- Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 09:25:53 -0700
jatlh quljIb:
> So based on sugestions by pagh charghwI' 'utlh je:
> reH ghe''orDaq yIQong 'ej Heghpu'wI' quvHa' tImuv - "Sleep, thou, in
> {ghe''or} forever and join, thou, [the ranks of] the Dishonoured Dead!"
maj.
ja' charghwI' 'utlh:
> ...Toasts, curses, and wishes all use the suffix {jaj}, but only toasts
> change the word order.
> mu'qaDvam qabaH! reH ghe''orDaq yIQongjaj 'ej Heghpu'wI' quvHa' timuvjaj!
> "I curse thee! May thou sleep forever in {ghe''or} and may thou join [the
> ranks of] the Dishonoured Dead!"
<-jaj> doesn't work with imperative prefixes. <bIQongjaj> and <Damuvjaj>.
> maj'a'
maj is an exclamation, not a verb, so it can't take verb suffixes.
pagh
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