tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat May 11 18:47:29 2002
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RE: help with "Floreat Majestas"
}> > 1.
}> > What is marqos, is it someones name? or ma for we and rqos which I
}> > can't find.
}>
}> Yes, marqoS is his name.
}Thinking of "ma-" + "rqoS" was good analysis, though.
}
}It helps to know what is and is not a legal syllable in Klingon.
}We would have a hard time saying "rqoS", but more to the point,
}consonant clusters - even ones which are perfectly legal in English
}- can't start a syllable in Klingon. If a syllable starts with a
}consonant, the next sound has to be a vowel, not another consonant.
}(Remember that "ch", "gh", and "tlh" each represent a single
}consonant even though we use more than one letter to write them down).
}Once you know that, then you can reject things like "rqoS" right away
}without having to look them up first.
Ahh thanks.
}> > QaghHommey --> serpent worm (food) {diminutive}
{plural}
}> > --> Eatable small serpent worms
}>
}> Careful with your casing. <<Qagh>> is an error, mistake. <<qagh>>
}> is the serpent worm dish.
}And -Hom isn't quite the same as "small" - to say "small mistake" we
would
}use the adjective "mach". "QaghHom" is more like "mistakelet".
So QaghHommey --> less mistakes ?
}--marqoS
Peter Louvel