tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Nov 11 15:40:18 1999
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RE: Klingon Word of the Day
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Klingon Word of the Day
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 16:41:32 -0700
:> The Klingon Word Of The Day is brought to you by Holtej
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: DaHjaj <<jaj mu'>> lI' law' wa'Hu' <<jaj mu'>> lI' puS.
jatlh Voragh:
> I've already seen this a couple of times so it may be too
> late to nip it in the bud, but {jaj mu'} feels a bit vague to me.
> IMESHO a better way to say "word of the day" would be {DaHjaj mu'},
> modelled on the Klingon restaurant term {DaHjaj gheD} "catch of
> the day" (lit. "today's prey") from KGT.
vIparHa' jIH.
: qatlh chIch QaghtaH <<bachHa'>> "part of speech"?
> As for "part of speech", we can always translate it
> literally as {QIch 'ay'} -- though {pab 'ay'} or {Hol
> 'ay'} also work -- though I'm certain that's not the
> term Klingon grammarians use.
Icky.
I tend to think there is *no* noun or noun phrase that translates to "part
of speech". They probably use sentences like <chay' mu'tlheghDaq mu'vam
lo'lu'?>.
Of course, "part of speech" might also be <mu' Segh>.
> I do wish some Federation linguist would ask Maltz to
> give us more detailed grammatical terminology for us to use.
jIQochlaHbe'.
pagh