tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Nov 08 17:39:50 1999
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RE: KLBC / DaHjaj: lupwI' DaSmeywIj ghap
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC / DaHjaj: lupwI' DaSmeywIj ghap
- Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 18:41:05 -0700
jatlh pIl'o':
> Ha'DIbaH 'oHpu'chugh puH DujwIj vaj vIbach.
jIyaj. rut DujwIj vIQaw'qanglaw' jIH.
> tlhoS mevwI'meyDaq baS Hot baS, 'ach vISovbe'chu'pu'.
<mevmoHwI'> would be better for "brakes". I would also drop the <-mey>, but
that is entirely a stylistic thing.
> [vISovchu'be'pu' = "I didn't know how bad it was" vs.
> vISovbe'chu'pu' = "I didn't have a clue that there
> was a problem"]
jIyajchu'.
> tugh QapHa' loS *struts wa' *ball joint je'.
ghay'cha'. mu'tlheghvam vIlaDDI' jInogh.
> reH QaQ wabDaj. motlh muluptaHvIS vIHotDI'.
maj.
> not bepwI' 'oHtaH DujwIj 'ej reH DujwIj vIvoq.
maj.
> reH QaplaHbej 'ach rut Qapchu'be'.
pupbe' Duj. pup 'e' yIpoQQo'.
> Sabba' 'ej ngo'qu' 'ej Qopbej.
jIyaj. chenDI' DujwIj, wej boghpu' 'op juppu'wI'. ('ej jIQupqu'be' jIH).
> 'ach wej Sovlaw'taH DujwIj qa'.
DaH jIyajbe'. nuq Sov DujlIj qa'? jImIS.
> 'u'majDaq 'oHtaHchugh DujmeyvaD Sto'vo'qor
> vaj vIHoHqangchu'neS.
This kind of N1-S5 N2 construction is kind of weird. Instead, I would just
use <Duj Sto'vo'qor>. Also, <'u'majDaq Duj Sto'vo'qor tu'lu'chugh ...> would
be better for expressing "If there is ..."
> SKI: pIl'o' anthropomorphizes (is that a word?)
HIja'.
pagh
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