tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Nov 03 06:44:48 1999
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Re: KLBC "Star Trek: Klingon"
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC "Star Trek: Klingon"
- Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 09:44:26 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
- Priority: NORMAL
On Tue, 2 Nov 1999 17:15:19 EST [email protected] wrote:
> jatlh *pagh:
> ><vID> means "be belligerent", not "be belligerent to", so
> >it really can't take an object. It would be kind of like saying "I scowl
> >you" in English - you can't scowl a person; you just scowl.
>
> tlhIngan Hol "relate to"chu' QInvam, vaj tlhIngan Hol vIjatlh. Daj
> ngoDHeyvam: <wot "transitive" 'oH "scowl"> ja' DIvI' Hol mu'ghomwIj, 'ach not
> ngoDHeyvam vIQoypu'. ngoDHeyvam boQoypu''a'?
Qaghba' mu'ghomlIj. *be intransitive*bej mu' "scowl" jatlh
*Oxford Concise Dictionary*wIj.
> - DujHoD
charghwI' 'utlh