tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jun 11 11:48:09 2003
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Re: lugh'a' mughghachvam?
jIjatlh:
> "be pleased" {bel} + {-moH} = "please" {belmoH}
> and it looks like you've also figured out there's a rule saying
> "be V-d" + {-moH} = "V".
jatlh Holtej:
> Not necessarily. This is what I was trying to express in my earlier
> message. For some words in English there is a "V" form for the "be V-d" +
> {-moH} case. So, "be pleased" + {-moH} = "please". But not always. "be
> early" + {-moH} != "early". "be late" + {-moH} != "late" but "be late" +
> {-moH} = "delay".
But then again, "late" and "early" don't end in a "d", either. I said
"V-d" to clarify that it should be [enter correct grammatical term
here]. (Maybe I should've said "V-ed", btw.) A certain form of a transitive
verb, usually ending in "d". Like "pleased", "bored" etc. I don't know what
it's called in English.
I guess my point was that when there's a "V-ed", there is also a "V"
(otherwise there wouldn't be a V-ed, either). And you can translate "V"
into Klingon by adding {-moH} to the Klingon equivalent of "V-ed".
I hope I was able to make some more sense this time. }}:-)
mulwI'