tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 03 04:55:24 2000

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Re: New Millenium



jatlh Oto:
>I speek 7 languages
>and I'm learning about 10 in addition

jIghel:
>Hol wa'DIch 'oH'a' DIvI' Hol?

yajbe' Oto:
>I'm so sorry that tlhIngan Hol is among the 10 an d not among the 7.
>If you could just translate what you wrote. Please.
>
>I know that {Hol} means language, {wa'DIch} = first, {'oH} could be
>"it", {'a'} is a suffix = big, {DIvI'}= federation. But I'm still
>failing to understand.

"Is English your first language?" {DIvI' Hol} is the term often used to mean 
"English" (literally, "Federation language"). The suffix {-'a'} was actually 
a verb suffix, namely the Type 9 interrogative verb suffix. In this context, 
{'oH} means "it is."

Hol wa'DIch = first language
'oH'a' = is it?
DIvI' Hol = English


- DujHoD


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