tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue May 21 16:43:45 2002
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Re: weather verbs' subject (was Re: middle voice)
ja' SuStel:
>Obvious, eh? Okay then, I admit my serious lack of general knowledge. Tell
>me what this obvious subject is.
SISba' 'eng jay'. SIS bIQ chaghbogh Doch'e'.
SISbe'qu' pumbogh bIQ. bIQ SISlu'.
>To better state what I think you really mean, KLINGONS find the correct
>subject so blatantly obvious that stating it has become an incorrect means
>of expression.
Qo'! SISmeH vang 'engmey'e' 'e' DabuSchugh, bImujbe'. bIqub neH.
>Because Klingons never say it, we humans haven't heard it,
>and THAT'S why we don't know what it is.
Okrand's explanation (as reported by DloraH) seems clear enough to me.
>Klingons understand these verbs.
>We don't.
vIyaj jIH. qatlh DayajQo'? In Klingon, it's the clouds which {SIS}, not
the falling drops of water. The water {SISlu'} from the sky. Qoch'a'?
-- ghunchu'wI'