tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jan 06 18:25:15 2000
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RE: I need your help!
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: I need your help!
- Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 19:20:44 -0700
jatlh reghIyna':
> ... Oh, and how can a blind woman use a computer?
>
> vaj, chay' De'wI' vIlo' qaQIjmeH, DaH tlhIngan Hol vIjatlh,
> vaj qajatlhtaHvIS, tlhIngan Hol vIlo'laH 'ej vaj vIghojlaH.
maj. You can't really use <chay'> this way, though. In English we can ask
"How do I use a computer?" as a question, and we can also say "I know how to
use a computer". In Klingon, <chay'> can only be used to ask a question.
Since "how" usually describes a process, a common way to say this sort of
thing in Klingon is to use <mIw> with a <-meH> clause. Instead of your
<chay' De'wI' vIlo'>, you could say <De'wI' vIlo'meH mIw> - "the process in
order that I use a computer" or "the process for me to use a computer".
> jIlaDmeH, nItlhDu' vIlo'.
> De'wI' vIlo'laHmeH, HaSta' le' vIghaj.
> De'wI' HaSta'Daq nuq tu'lu' DaleghtaHvIS,
> HaSta'wIjDaq De'vam vI"legh"laH je.
<HaSta> - no trailing <'>.
Same problem here with <nuq> - it can't stand in for a pronoun. This one is
much easier to fix, though. You can just use <De'>. You also need an <'e'>
if you're going to keep the <tu'lu'>, but since you don't really need it,
it's probably better just to drop it: <De'wI' HaStaDaq De' DaleghtaHvIS>.
You could probably use the suffix <-law'> on the second <legh> to convey the
idea that you're not really "seeing" the data.
> choyajlaH vItul.
You need an <'e'> here.
> Qapla'
Qapla'na'. Hoch DaDelbogh vIyajchu'. ghaytan yajbe'chu' ghelwI' Dogh, 'ach
ram ghaH. naDev potlh neH tlhIngan jatlhwI', ghojwI' je.
pagh
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