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Re: targhmey

MorphemeAddict ([email protected])

• From: [email protected]
• Subject: Re: targhmey
• Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 20:00:16 EDT

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In a message dated 10/2/2005 6:46:22 PM Central Standard Time, 
[email protected] writes:


> In a message dated 10/2/2005 6:31:56 PM Central Standard Time, 
> [email protected] writes:
> 
> 
> > how would I say?:
> > 
> > Is the targ behind the tree?
> > 
> > or
> > 
> > Is the targ at the river?
> > 
> > For the first one, I think it would be:
> > 
> > Sor 'em'a' targh?
> > 
> > but the second sentence doesn't have a verb,
> > so I don't know how to make it a question
> > I'm assuming I would need to reword the Klingon
> > into two sentences, but I don't know what I would reword it to.
> > 
> > ~naHQun
> > 
> 
> For the locations, you could say:
> Sor 'emDaq = behind the tree
> bIQtIq retlhDaq = beside the river
> 
> For the rest, you could use variations on {tu'}:
> targh tu'lu' = the targ is found = one finds the targ
> tu''egh targh = the targ finds itself
> 
> Or, you can say what the targ is doing at those places:
> ba' targh = the targ is sitting 
> Qam targh = the targ is standing
> loS targh = the targ is waiting (for something)
> 
> The locations have to come first, then the rest.
> 
> Does this help?
> 
> lay'tel SIvten
> 

Oops.  I forgot you wanted questions, so you have to add {-'a'} to the verbs 
in each case.

lay'tel SIvten

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