tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Oct 13 10:38:37 2000
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RE: KLBC: QoQ wanI'
jatlh quS'a'Qob, qa'rIl puqloD:
> loSleS, QoQ'e' qonpu'bogh <Philip Glass> vIQoymeH QoQ wanI'Daq jIH.
taD:
: The last part ({QoQ wanI'Daq jIH} "I'll be at a music event") sounds a
: little odd to me, though. You aren't using a normal verb, but instead are
: using the pronoun "I" as "to be". To me, this focuses on the fact that
: you'll be located there, rather than that you are doing anything specific
: there. It's grammatically correct,
Not quite. When using a pronoun-as-verb to give a temporary location, you need
to add the suffix {-taH}. E.g.:
pa'Daq jIHtaH
I'm in the room. (TKD:27)
pa'wIjDaq jIHtaH
I am in my quarters. TKD
pa'DajDaq ghaHtaH la''e'
The commander is in his quarters. TKD
You omit {-taH} when using the pronoun-as-verb as a copula or when giving an
identification (e.g. tlhIngan maH!). Thus one would say:
DaH Duj ra'wI' ghaH Qugh HoD'e'.
Capt. Kruge is the ship's current commanding officer.
but
DaH DujDaq ghaHtaH Qugh HoD'e'.
Capt. Kruge is now aboard the ship.
: but I personally would have said something like:
: {QoQ wanI' vISuch} "I'll visit a music event"
: or
: {QoQ wanI' vIghoS} "I'll go to a music event"
We have another word: {much} "presentation" with the default understanding
apparently being that it is a *musical* performance since in KGT the verb
{much} is glossed as "present, perform (music)" and a {muchwI'} is a
"musician". So we can say simply:
muchDaq jIHtaH.
I'll be at a performance (concert, show, etc.).
muchDaq jISaH.
I'll attend ("be present") a concert.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons