tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 16 10:54:23 2002
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Re: grammar question
lab Voragh:
>Stephan Schneider:
>> > is there a difference?
>>> Sam = locate
>>> nejlI' = to search until the end
>
>SuStel:
>>There certainly is! /Sam/ means "seek and find." It is neutral with
>>respect to aspect (it's not completed or in progress). It implies that
>>the object of the verb is, in fact, found at some point.
>
>Or, at least, is expected to be found. The best example showing the
>difference between {Sam} and {nej} comes from "The Klingon Way":
>
> 'avwI' nejDI' narghta'bogh qama' reH 'avwI' Sambej
> When an escaped prisoner looks for a guard, he always finds one.
i like this one! :)
> cheng'e' DaH Sam!
> Find Chang. ST6
this is "easy" klingon. how is it called in english? "clipped"?
> motlh ray' luSamlaHmeH De' Qatlh cha' tlhIngan Duj jIH'a'
> The main viewer on a Klingon ship is usually overlaid with a complex
> target acquisition grid. SP3
usually the screen of a klingon ship shows complex information in
order to be able to find targets. - wow... :)
> nejwI' tIQ 'oH.
> [It's] A probe of ancient origin. ST5
<Qa HoD, DoS wIpuSta'. nejwI' tIQ 'oH.>
<qIpmeH Qatlh'a'?>
<Qatlhqu'.>
<maj.>
(the next sentence ends with <Hoch nuqmey>, but i didn't understand
the beginning.)
recently i've seen this scene on video in order to compare my
pronounciation with theirs. i found it similar, although the melody
and accentuation of some words i found a bit weird. maybe it's
because they are just acting. :)
it was very strange. immediately those klingons didn't seem so much
klingon to me, but amercian actors that try to double klingons in a
nafty science fiction movie. ;)
sts.