tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Dec 16 11:51:06 2001
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targhHeymey (Was: Re: The Year of the Horse )
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: targhHeymey (Was: Re: The Year of the Horse )
- Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 08:50:43 -0800
lab ghunchu'wI'
>ja' Bartholomew Barker <[email protected]>:
>>qarHa' 'ej qarchu' tlhInganpu' net Sov. yIlaD:
>>...
>>torgh: bIqarchu'. targhHey HoHta' Qugh. bIjatlh 'e' >>yImev 'ej yISop!
>>
>>Segh wej mojaqmey wIghaj. tIlo'!
>
>'ach qarbejbe' lo'vam.
>
>{-Hey} and its siblings are basically supposed to >indicate how certain the
>speaker is that he has correctly identified the thing. >You've used it here
>as if it were an adjective meaning "be apparent". Torg >knows very well
>that what he's talking about isn't a targ; it just looks >something like
>one. Almost everyone will understand this usage, but >it's not
>uncontroversially correct.
ghunchu'wI'vaD jIQochbe'. targh rurbogh Ha'DIbaH'e' 'oHbe'
targhHey'e'. targh 'oHlaw'chugh vaj targhHey 'oH.
Absolutely:
torgh: Ha'DIbaH vIHoHta'!
Qugh: nuq 'oH?
torgh: DIch vIghajbe'. naDev targhmey lutu'lu''a'?
Qugh: malth, ghoghoS, targhHey HoHta' Qugh.
'ach chaq jIghoH'eghnIS. targh lupongqang targh rurbogh Ha'DIbaH'e'
jIjatlhpu'.
torgh: Ha'DIbaH vIHoHta'!
Qugh: nuq 'oH?
torgh: jISovbe' jIH jay'. malIH'eghbe'. DaSop DaneH'a' pagh Dangu' DaneH'a'?
Qugh: matlh, ghoghoS! maSoprup!