tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Oct 09 18:59:57 2001
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Re: Help for someone new!
From: "Rohan Fenwick" <[email protected]>
> HISlaH. You are correct - my second attempt is
>
> nIb <<wen>> "months ago" je.
DaH jIyaj.
> >I'm not sure of your ultimate meaning here. Perhaps you should try
again.
>
> What I mean is "The word <<wen>> means "months ago"". I couldn't find a
verb
> which signifies the "to mean" meaning well enough - there's one which is
"to
> mean to" but I didn't think that was correct (nor did I think this verb
was
> suitable).
/'oS/ is often used for this sort of thing:
*months ago* 'oS <wen>.
> I didn't really mean to give <<nIb>> an object, honest! :) I obviously
have
> much more work to do before I reach a decent conversational standard...
Doj laHlIj. jatlhtaHghach ngeD law' qontaHghach ngeD puS.
> Further to the pronoun-as-verb construction: Is there an equivalent
> comparative structure to "I am more of a man than you are", or is this
> circumlocution material?
There is no verb "be a man" in Klingon so there is no direct translation.
I'd probably go with something like
loD'e' jIH Dun law' SoH Dun puS.
This is akin to Vixis' line in Star Trek V:
qIbDaq SuvwI''e' SoH Dun law' Hoch Dun puS.
You would be the greatest warrior in the galaxy.
SuStel
Stardate 1774.1