tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 18 16:49:27 2003
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Re: parmaqqay vs bang
naHQun asks:
>>Also, to say something like "chocolate milk" would one say
>><yuch nIm> or <nIm yuch>?
Sangqar:
>I would say <yuch nIm>. As some on this list express the nature of the
>noun-noun construct, of all milks, this is the one having to do with chocolate.
That's right. {yuch nIm} "chocolate milk" is a type of {nIm}, while {nIm
yuch} "milk chocolate" would be a type of {yuch}. Here are examples of how
this works using the two trusty Klingon words {taj} "knife" and {HIq}
"liquor" - of which there are several known varieties:
ghojmeH taj boy's knife ("learning knife")
pe'meH taj cutting knife
may' taj battle knife
naH taj vegetable/fruit knife
SoS taj mother's knife
cha'vatlh ben HIq Two Century Old Ale
ghargh HIq worm wine
romuluS HIq Romulan ale
Sorya' HIq Saurian brandy
'Iw HIq bloodwine
reghuluS 'Iw HIq Regulan bloodwine
--
Voragh "Damage control is easy. Reading Klingon
- that's
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons hard!" (Montgomery
Scott, STIV)