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Re: tlhach mu'mey: HolQeD...

Doq ([email protected])



On Dec 21, 2006, at 7:16 PM, QeS 'utlh wrote:

> ghItlhpu' Paul, ja':
>> But how about:
>> subject -> ?
>> predicate -> ?
>> object -> ?
>> indirect object -> ?
>> adjective -> ?
>> letter -> ?
>
> I've often used {DoS} "target" for the direct object of a sentence.  
> I'm glad
> others agree. :) For "indirect object", I'm tempted to describe  
> each of the
> Type 5 indirect objects separately: {Daq} "location" for a {-Daq}- 
> marked
> noun, {Soj} "matter, affair, topic" for a {-'e'}-marked noun, and  
> {Hal}
> "source" for a {-vo'}-marked noun. {-mo'} and {-vaD} are a little more
> difficult; for the latter, "one who benefits" would be suitable,  
> but there's
> no Klingon word for "to benefit".

DochvaD nuvvaD ghap

> I'm also tempted to use {vangwI'} "actor" for the subject of a  
> sentence, but
> we then run into the problem of adjectival verbs, in which the  
> subject isn't
> really acting, but simply *being*. Maybe ?{DawI'} would be better  
> for the
> subject of an adjectival verb?

tlhIngan mu'tlhegh motlh vIpoj:

DIpvaD DoSDIp Delwot wot pengDIp Delwot.

ghaytan yaj Hoch.

> For "adjective", I'd agree with the suggestion of {Delbogh wot}  
> "verb which
> describes".
>
> For "letter", I invariably use {pIqaD Degh} "pIqaD symbol".
>
> QeS 'utlh
> tlhIngan Hol yejHaD pabpo' / Grammarian of the Klingon Language  
> Institute
>
>
> not nItoj Hemey ngo' juppu' ngo' je
> (Old roads and old friends will never deceive you)
>      - Ubykh Hol vIttlhegh

Doq






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