tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jul 20 17:22:31 2002
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RE: "qel" yIqel
- From: Eric Andeen <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: "qel" yIqel
- Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 15:21:12 -0700
>>> DIch vIghajbe', 'ach Dajqu' qechvetlh, 'ej tugh wIqelnIS. {{:-)
>>we've considered qel before, but we could be talking about the weather
>>and in my mind I could be considering the possibility of putting my
>>knife in your chest. What I'm considering and what I'm talking about
>>are completely different.
> Yes, exactly. And the issue that my meager example fails to demonstrate is
> that "qel" can't always mean "talk about". But in the above sentence it
can.
> The idea here is to take existing words and combine them in novel ways,
> possibly very different from those of familiar languages. But of course,
> abandon the possibility of a one-to-one mapping. It'll never happen.
> HISlaH, qarqu'. 'ej ghu' qay'mo' QIjmeH lujbogh chovnatlhwIj nap, "talk
> about" 'oSlaHchu'be' "qel". 'ach mu'tlheghvetlhDaq 'oSlaHbej. mu'mey
> Daghovbogh DalIq, tlheghmey chu'Daq bIH Darar, 'e' 'oH Qu'na''e'. ghaytan
pIm
> tlheghmeyvetlh, tlheghmey'e' je chaw'bogh Holmey DaSovbogh. 'ach 'ay'mey
> rarchu'ghach yItulQo'. DuHbe'ba'.
'ej DuH wIneHbe'chu'taH. DuHchugh vaj Dogh Holmaj 'ej Dal 'ej lI'Ha'chu'.
nov Hol rurmo' tlhIngan Hol, Daj 'oH 'ej vIHaD.
pagh