tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed May 21 16:14:06 2003
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Re: RE: tlhobqa'qu' taghwI'
Jeremy Cowan:
> > What does "DelmeH pab" mean? How do I parse that? "Grammar to describe
> > it," doesn't make any sense to me.
SuStel:
>I used /DelmeH pab/ as "grammar for describing." This was my attempt to
>express "descriptive grammar," a concept we have no knowledge of how to
>communicate in Klingon. I thought it was marginally better than /DelwI'
>pab/ "thing which describes' grammar."
>
>Purpose clauses can modify nouns as well as verbs. For instance, /ghojmeH
>taj/ "knife for learning."
Other examples include:
/qa'meH vIttlhegh/ "replacement proverb" ["This is the only way to say
'replacement proverb' currently, but in the past, the common term was the
lengthier /quvqa'meH vIttlhegh/, literally, 'proverb for (the purpose of)
being honored again'." (MO, HQ 5.1)
/SopmeH pa'/ "dining room, eating room"
/DevmeH paq/ "guide(book)" (the subtitle of TKW is /SuvwI' DevmeH paq/ "A
Warrior's Guide".)
/QongmeH Duj/ "sleeper ship"
/ngongmeH Duj/ "experimental ship, prototype" (?)
/chenmoHlu'meH Daq/ "construction site"
/HoS QaymeH 'och/ "power transfer conduit"
/Qapchu'meH 'aqroS chuq/ "maximum effective range"
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons