tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Aug 09 10:38:20 2000
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RE: Stool
- From: Eric Andeen <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Stool
- Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 10:37:45 -0700
K'pach:
> Right. The same (to use my Esperanto comparison) with "eg" in
> Esperanto.
>
> varma = warm
> varmega = hot
> (I don't think there is a "varmeta" ... unless it meant
> possibly "luke warm" or "just barely warm.")
Careful. <-'a'> and <-Hom> are noun suffixes, and words that act like
adjectives in Klingon are verbs. You can still do something similar with
verb suffixes, though.
tuj - hot
tujqu' - very hot
There isn't a verb suffix which corresponds to <-Hom> and diminishes the
verb, but you can use <-qu'> plus <-be'> - "not very...", and you can also
use the adverbial <loQ> - "slightly".
tujqu'be' - not very hot
loQ tuj - slightly hot
Not that <tujbe'qu'> is quite different from <tujqu'be'>. <tujbe'qu'> is
"very not hot". It sounds wrong in English, but you get the idea.
> I am using juH'a' also to mean "mansion" .... bIQochbe' a'?
maj. pup.
pagh
Beginners' Grammarian