tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri May 21 07:30:32 2004
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Re: paghHu'/paghleS
- From: "De'vID jonwI'" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: paghHu'/paghleS
- Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 10:29:51 -0400
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lay'tel SIvten:
>...
>
>While both of these words basically do mean 'today', each adds its own
>essential nuance. Since {Hu'} indicates a past time, and {leS} indicates a
>future time, {paghHu'} means 'earlier today', and {paghleS} means 'later
>today'.
>...
>Similarly, any of the other pairs of temporal deictic nouns may be used
>with {pagh} with the same added nuance of earlier or later in the indicated
>time period. These pairs are: wen/waQ (month), ben/nem (year), and ret/pIq
>(general time period). Thus 'later this month' is {paghwaQ} and 'earlier
>this year' is {paghben}.
>
>These forms are concise and specific, conforming in particular to the
>Klingon ideals of Accuracy and Straightforwardness.
qechlIj vIparHa'qu'. 'ej <paghHu'/paghleS> Dangu'mo', <HochHu'/
HochleS> vInuD. nuq 'oS <HochHu'>? <paghHu' wa'Hu' cha'Hu' latlhHu'
je> 'oS <HochHu'>. rap <HochleS>: <paghleS wa'leS cha'leS latlhleS
je> 'oS.
qechvam vImugh vIneH: <Starting from today, I will try to use only
Klingon here>. qechlIj vIlo'laH, 'ej vImughchu': <HochleS naDev
tlhIngan Hol neH vIjatlh 'e' vInID>.
maj. jIbel.
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De'vID
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