tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jul 04 13:35:09 2003
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/rI'/ (was Re: Kash jIH.)
I just saw the post from ngabwI' and am reminded about Captain Krankor's latest article about transitive and intransitive verbs. He mentioned how verbs are as narrow as possible, that way each Klingon word doesn't have the broad and wide range of definitions as English does for its words. He goes on to say how some words were thought to mean one thing, but were discovered to mean differently (he gives the words teywI', juS, and Hach for examples). Well, I'm reminded of this because of how ngabwI' used the verb /rI'/. He asked that Kash "hail" him (email him). I bet to all of you guys, there is nothing funny about this. But when I read it, I laughed humbly. I use /rI'/ almost daily! But I never took it as "hail" like on a Starship! I had always thought of it as, "hail" like praising someone or Nazi Germany's "Heil Hitler" or "Seige Heil" (aside from obvious spelling differences in German). "Hail victory!" "Hail the Empire!" Hagh, Hagh, Hagh. I still think I can use it as
"praise, proclaim," but I'm glad my head got back into StarTrek here lol
Scott Willis <[email protected]> wrote: ----- Original Message -----
From: "Elijah Ravenscroft"
To:
Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 10:43 AM
Subject: Re: Kash jIH.
> Exactly. I just long for the day when my tlhIngan is as precise as my
> english. }}:-)
> Anywho, I'm working on learning a bit, and in my area, there's nobody
> else interested, so here I am. lol
nIb ghu'wIj.
Florida vIDab.
bIqeq DaneHchugh, HIrI'! [email protected] yIlo'.
reH jIqeqmeH 'eb vInej.
Same deal here, I live in FL.
If you want to practice, e-mail me at the addy above.
I am ALWAYS up for practice.
--ngabwI'
HovpoH juHDaq:
http://web.tampabay.rr.com/ngabwi/
HovpoH 700243.4
Klingon Warrior
taHjaj wo'!
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