tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 18 08:20:13 2005
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Re: bIQ'a' wIghoSchugh...
lay'tel SIvten wrote:
> bIQ'a' wIghoSchugh bIQDaq pum porgh.
If we go to the sea, a/the body falls in(to) the water.
> HuD wIghoSchugh yotlhDaq pum porgh.
If we go the mountain, a/the body falls in(to) the field.
> wa' Doch neH vIneH. ta'vaD jIHegh vIneH.
I only want one thing. I want to die for the Emperor.
> not vIleghqa'.
I'll never see him/it again.
>mu'tlheghmeyvam Sov'a' vay'? mughmeH mu'mey nIv Sov'a' vay'?
It's grammatical, but I don't understand it. Is this a song?
>*bIQDaq moj porgh* jIjatlhchugh lulaj'a' Hoch? pab'a' mu'tlhegh?
?"The body becomes in the water"
ghobe', vIlajbe' jIH. {moj} "become" in canon:
yaS vImojpu'
I became an officer. TKD
yaS DImojpu'
We became officers. TKD
DIHIvbe'ch[ugh] qo'chajDaq toy'wI''a' DImoj.
Attack or be slaves in their world. ST6
["If we don't attack them, we will become slaves in their world"]
bogh tlhInganpu', SuvwI'pu' moj, Hegh
Klingons are born, live as warriors, then die. TKW
["... (they) become warriors"]
wa' jaj 'etlh 'uchchoHlaH tlhIngan puqloD; jajvetlh loD nen moj
The son of a Klingon is a man the day he can first hold a blade. TKW
["... on that day, he becomes an adult/grown-up man"]
yejquv DevwI' moj ghawran 'e' wuqta' cho' 'oDwI' Dapu'bogh janluq pIqarD
HoD
Gowron... named leader of the High Council by Captain Jean-Luc Picard, who
was acting as Arbiter of Succession. S25
["Gowron will become leader of the High Council"]
The object of {moj} always seems to be a simple noun or noun phrase, not a
place stamp (i.e. noun + locative suffix). Thus your sentence would be
understood as:
"In the water, the body becomes (it/him/her)."
Which is grammatical, but doesn't make any sense. (Yes, nonsense can be
grammatical!) What were you trying to say?
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons