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Re: DIp Dabogh <<-bogh>> mu'



From: "QeS lagh" <[email protected]>

> KCDvo' mu'tlheghvam tu'lu' 'e' vIQoy:
> <<Dajatlhbogh vIyajbe'>>
> "I don't understand what you just said."
>
> mu'tlheghvam lulo'be'lu' 'e' vIHar; 'ach

(I think you want to drop the /lu-/ on /lulo'be'lu'/.)

> <<canon source>>vo' wIghajlaw'.

Hmm.  This seems too closely modeled on possibly idiomatic English.  "canon
source"-Daq tu'lu'.

> Satlhob:
>
> chay' DuH? DIp Hutlh mu' wa'DIch; "what you say" jatlh. wot lo'lu' DIp
> mughmeH;

/-meH/ clauses never come at the end.  Unlike relative clauses, /-meH/
clauses must always come at the beginning.

> vaj "nominalised" wotHey wIghajlaw' 'ej mojaqmey <<-wI'>>
> <<-ghach>> Hutlh. Hat 'e' vIHarpu';

Remember not to put a Type 7 suffix on the second verb of a
sentence-as-object construction.

> mu'tlheghvam wIlajlaH'a', pagh
> lughuntaHvIS luQaghlu''a'?

maSovbe'.  mu'tlheghHeyvam Dalaj 'e' DawIvchugh, bImujbejbe'.  'oH lajbe'
HochHom.  (mu'tlheghHey vItu' jIH'e' 'ej vIlajbejbe'.)

> 'ej <<'e'>>mey law' <<-bogh>>mey law' joq wIlo'laH'a'?

DIlo'laH'a'

> jItlhob'eghbejlI'qu'.

That should probably be /jIghel'eghbejlI'qu'/.  /tlhob/ is used in making
requests; /ghel/ is used for asking questions.

> (This is a question which has plagued me for quite a
> while.)

Nice rendering of this.  Good to see you're not sticking slavishly to the
original English.

> SachuH: ??<<jIval 'e' qaSmoH ghojmoHwI'wI' 'e' boHarlaw'>> "you seem to
> believe that my teacher made me smart" jIjatlhlaH'a'?

mu'tlheghvetlh Dajatlh net chaw'law'.  Dajatlh net tuchbe'bej.

> 'ej: ??<<DIp Dabogh <<-bogh>> lo'bogh mu'>> "a word using <<-bogh>> which
> behaves as a noun" jIjatlhlaH'a'?

Dochmeyvam Dajatlh net tuchbe', 'a ghaytan 'IjwI'pu' laDwI'pu' joq DamISmoH
neH.  'a Hatbe'.

> PS. qID Sanob: <<qojvo' yIt cha' mIl'oD. pum pum.>> ("Two sabre bears walk
> off a cliff. Boom boom.") (:S I know it's pathetic, but it actually
> translated better than I thought it would. Do Klingon comedians have drum
> fills??)

Probably not.  It's probably not rotten vegetables they throw, either.

SuStel
Stardate 3390.9


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