tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jul 05 08:48:21 2002
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Re: RE: word-question
lab Voragh:
>Quvar:
>> >> > mu' "stalker" Hech Sovbejbe'.
>>>> > (i'm not sure of the meaning of stalker.)
>>>>
>>>> since {Hech} is the object of what you know, you need the prefix for
>>>> "I-it": {vISov}
>
>DloraH:
>> > Hech is not a noun.
>
>Quvar:
>>I wrote that at school, without my dictionary. Of course it's not a noun.
>>Maybe I was thinking of {qech} "idea".
>
>It's also the wrong verb. {Hech} is "intend, mean to" not simply
>"mean". Exx.:
>
> Hem tlhIngan Segh 'ej maHemtaH 'e' wIHech
> Klingons are a proud race, and we intend to go on being proud. TKW
i didn't know these sentences exist in klingon.
> Ha'DIbaH DaSop 'e' DaHechbe'chugh yIHoHQo'
> Do not kill an animal unless you intend to eat it. TKW
>
>You need to pay attention to all the words in the gloss, and not
>just pick out one. For "mean" in the sense of "What does this
>mean?" most of us use {'oS} "represent". Exx.:
vImughchu'Ha' vIHechbe'.
(i didn't mean to translate it wrongly.)
stephan,
sts.