tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Nov 21 07:37:17 2005
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Re: I'm thankful for ...
naHQun:
> I'm thankful for "blank" ?
> I wonder about this every Thanksgiving
lay'tel SIvten:
> >jItlho' vIneHmoH X.
>
>ghobe'. {jItlho' muneHmoH X} "X makes me want to thank". The causative
>suffix demotes the subject of the non-causative verb to object position, but
>the pronoun prefix must change accordingly, so watch out for that.
>
>Anyway, I suspect that this is a bit too literal and wordy a translation of
>the English. ghunchu'wI''s suggestion of {mutlho'moH X} "X causes me to
>thank" works fine, and I also really like his {X-mo' jItlho'} "I thank
>(someone) because of X". I think the impersonal, null-object version of
>{tlho'} captures the sense of "be thankful" very well - plus, you could use
>{-mo'} here on either a noun or a full sentence:
>
> {qorDu'wIjmo' jItlho'} "I'm thankful for my family"
> {Soj 'ey wISoplaHmo' jItlho'} "I'm thankful that we can eat good food"
Both good and the simplest solution, but don't forget we also have the
homophonous noun {tlho'} "appreciation, gratitude". Although never used in
canon, I'm tempted to use it with {ghaj} - on the model of {pIch vIghajbe'}
"It's not my fault" (TKD) et al. - *{tlho' vIghaj}. E.g.
? qorDu'wIjmo' tlho' vIghaj.
I'm grateful for my family
? qorDu'wIj vIghajmo' tlho' vIghaj.
I'm appreciative because I have my family
Hmm... that last one sounds nice with the repetition of {vIghaj}, but YMMV.
And just for the sake of completeness, here's what I have in my notes about
the verb {tlho'} "thank":
chotlho'
You thank me. STC:KLS
qatlho'
Thank you! STE
[When Picard told Amb. Kell "*K'adlo* Thank you," Kell gave him an odd
look, then nodded (or grunted) and left the room. (TNG "The Mind's Eye")
ARCHER: "I'll take that as a 'thank you'."
SATO: "I don't think they have a word for 'thank you'."
(in the Great Hall on Kronos [ENT "Broken Bow Pt. II"])
At qep'a' loSDIch Okrand was puzzled by a comment someone made and
said something like, "There's a word for 'Thank you'?" Someone told
him {qatlho'}, and he said something along the lines of, "I never
intended it to mean "thanks" and elaborated a little on the circum-
stances it would be used in. (Qov)
When Marc Okrand signed my TKD I think I said {qatlho'neS}, which was
probably a bit effusive, but hey, I was excited. He replied in English
something close to, 'Well, there's NO Klingon response to that'." (Qov)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons