tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 30 00:41:21 2001
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RE: jIQumrupqa'
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tuvel [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 10:16 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: 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."
Ho'Du' chu' poQDI' norgh HaqwI' poQbe' norghvam. nujDajDaq chen neH.
> >
> > > > > 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."
I was trying to tell you that you have to be careful about word order. The
subject follows the verb. Twelve days and twelve nights happen. Twelve days
and twelve nights are the subject of the verb "happen", so they have to
FOLLOW that verb. You made the verb follow them.
> >
> > > > > 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
charghwI'