tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 29 02:11:03 2002
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KLBC: chay' mu'meyvam lo'lu'?
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- Subject: KLBC: chay' mu'meyvam lo'lu'?
- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 02:10:57 EST
No story this time. Just a few usage questions that came up while I was
looking through the dictionary.
{ngIl} "to dare"
Is this used with 'e', or what?
{vIHarlaHbe'! ta' qIp puqvetlh 'e' ngIl puq!} "I can't believe it! That
child dared to hit the emperor!"
{bup} "to quit"
{jIvum 'e' vIbup} "I quit working." Is that correct? Does it just mean "I
stopped working", or does it have a connotation more like the English word
'quit': "I worked for a time, and now I've stopped for good"?
{raD} "to force"
Again, is this used with 'e'?
{vum 'e' vIraD} "I forced him to work."
{pegh} "to keep something secret"
Does this take an object, or is it more like "to be secretive"? If it is
transitive, can the object be a fact? A thing? An action?
{ngoD vIpegh} "I kept the fact a secret."
{ghu vIpegh} "I kept the baby a secret."
{jIrop 'e' vIpegh} "I kept it a secret that I was sick."
Are any of those correct?
'ej: Holvam vIghojtaHmo' jISey. jIDubtaH 'e' vISov. batlh tuQaHtaH.
I also wanted to say that I'm excited to be learning this language. I think
I'm improving. I greatly appreciate the help you all are giving.
-Sengval