tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jun 16 17:38:20 2001
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RE: KLBC: yu'ghach Daj
- From: "Stauffer, Tad E (staufte7)" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: yu'ghach Daj
- Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 17:37:21 -0400
QIS said:
Daj yu'ghach.
Read my comments to qonwI' regarding {yu'ghach}, since it's not quite a
"normal" Klingon word.
*lion*mey 'ar 'e' DIqemnIS wISovmeH!
Again, take a look at the comments I give to qonwI'.
Since you're using {'ar} ("how many?"), you don't need to use {-mey}. If you
use {-mey}, it shows that you already know that there are at least 2 lions.
So if you know how many lions there are, you don't need to ask in the first
place.
Also, when using {-meH} on a verb, the verb goes *before* what it is
describing.
It looks like here you're either trying to say:
"How many lions do we need to bring in order to know?"
"We need to know how many lions to bring"
{wISovmeH, *lion* 'ar wIqemnIS?} works for the first sentence.
{*lion* 'ar wIqemnIS?} "How many lions do we need to bring?" expresses the
same intent as the second sentence, although it isn't an exact translation.
- taD