tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 27 10:10:51 2001
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Re: jIQumrupqa'
Will Martin wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: tuvel [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 1:16 AM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: jIQumrupqa'
>
> ...
> > > > law' vIneH; norgh vIrur.
> > >
> > > Ho'Du' chellaH'a' HaqwI'?
> >
> > HISlaH 'a Ho'Du' chu' nenmeH HaqwI' poQbe' norgh
>
> nuqjatlh? reH <<-meH>> ghajbogh wot'e' tlha'nIS mu''e' Delbogh <<-meH>>
> ghajbogh wot. ghaytan tlha'Ha' mu'meylIj.
>
> I get: "A norgh does not require an in-order-to-be-mature surgeon..." and I
> can't see how {Ho'Du' chu'} has any grammatical connection with the rest of
> the sentence.
>
I was trying to say, "A norg doesn't need a surgeon in order to grow new teeth."
>
> > > > vaj 'op vIchIlchugh ram. wa'maH cha' pemmey
> > > > wa'maH cha' rammey je qaStaHvIS wa' Ho' latlh Ho' joq vIHutlh.
> wejpuH!
> > >
> > > tlha'Ha'law' mu'meylIj. wot tlha'nIS vangbogh DIp. qaS pem. qaS ram.
> >
> > qayajbe'.
>
> I read your sentence as currently written as:
>
> "I lack one or another tooth while they happen," and "twelve days and twelve
> nights" has no grammatical connection to the rest of the sentence. If you
> want "twelve days and twelve nights" to be the subject of {qaStaHvIS}, you
> need to move the verb to preceed the subject. Days are happening here.
> Nights are happening here. Teeth are not happening here.
>
I was trying to say "I will lack one tooth or another for 12 days and 12
nights."
>
> > > > wa'vatlh ben pong pIm 'oH Ho'HaqwI''e'. joy'wI' ghaH.
> > >
> > > ghaytan HaghSIp lo'Qo' joy'wI'.
> >
> > SIp lo'be'mo' ghaytan Hagh joy'wI'.
>
> bIqarba'.
>
> > - tuv'el
>
> charghwI'
- tuv'el