tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Nov 01 10:06:28 2002
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Re: 'ISqu' (KLBC probably needed..)
Sangqar wrote:
> >> Olomouc Hopbe' Sosnowiec.
> >> Sosnowiec isn't far away from Olomouc.
> >
> > Since no one else has pointed this out:
> > Shouldn't this be <OlomoucDaq Hopbe' Sosnowiec>.
> >
> > In an article in a HolQeD ...
> > ...(Or perhaps it's a figment of my imagination, but I remember reading
> > about it as part of a longish interview with MO; I believe it was
> > conducted by charghwI'.)
DloraH:
>I did see this. I was waiting for BG to comment. You are correct about
>everything; the grammar, the interview, and the interviewer. I believe it
>was
>HolQeD Dec 98 (I'm at work right now); it's the one with the klingon
>holding a
>baby.
>
>Normally a thing is "near" or "far" from the SPEAKER. But this nearness or
>farness can be thrown to another place/thing by using -Daq.
>
>I have that article on my computer at home. I suppose I should bring it to
>work someday.
I don't have the text of that article on either computer. All I have is
this brief note from Okrand in my notes:
As for how to use {Sum} "be near, nearby" -- that will require some
more time with Maltz. {Do' Sum matlh.} I would think, however, that
it would work the same way as {Hop} "be far". (MSN expert.forum 9/97)
and these two sentences from canon:
Sum Daqmeyvam, tera'ngan.
These places are nearby, Terran. CK
SuvwI' vI' Dub naQvam 'ej ray' HopDaq bachlu'meH chuqna' ghurmoH
naQvam
This serves to steady the aim of a warrior and increase the effective
range for distance targeting. S14
Note, too, the phrase {logh Hop} "deep space" - "far space" (i.e. far away
from the speaker or the speaker's homeworld).
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons