tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Nov 29 09:05:30 2000
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Re: Klingon WOTD: Dum (v)
| Klingon word: Dum
| Part of Speech: verb
| Definition: nap
quljIb:
: vIghro Dum = "cat nap"?
ghunchu'wI':
> No. {Dum} is a verb. You've misused it as if it wre a noun. [You also
> misspelled {vIghro'}, but that's trivial compared to the real gaffe.]
: qatlho'. {Dum; rur vIghro'} "He/she naps; like a cat."
Not quite. This means "He/she naps; the cat resembles him/her". Don't forget
OVS word order. {vIghro'} must be the object of {rur}: {vIghro' rur} "He/she
resembles a cat".
Also, in these "rur" similes the first verb is always a quality (or "stative
verb"): {Q; A rur} where Q is a quality and A is a noun. E.g. {tam; Hew rur}
"quiet as a statue". (See the extensive list on KGT p. 127ff.) {nap} is an
action verb, not a quality.
If you want to translate "He/she's taking a cat nap," try:
nap 'ej vIghro' rur.
She naps and she resembles a cat.
or
naptaHvIS vIghro' rur.
While he naps, he resembles a cat.
When napping, he resembles a cat.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons