tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Dec 13 09:55:49 2007
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Re: qagh mIQta'bogh vay'
At 11:13 PM Wednesday 12/12/2007, qa'vaj wrote:
>SKI: "deep fried gagh" - a brief Klingonish take of a famous little story.
qagh mIQta'bogh vay'
"gagh that someone [definite] has deep-fried"
Note that this could also mean "someone [definite] that has deep-fried
gagh". A stylistic device to distinguish which meaning you intend is to
tag the relevant noun with {-'e'} "topic":
qagh'e' mIQta'bogh vay'
"gagh that/which someone has deep-fried"
qagh mIQta'bogh vay''e'
"someone that/who has deep-fried gagh"
The extra syllable may, however, upset the meter and rhyme of your story.
Another option would be {qagh mIQlu'bogh} - using {-lu'} "indefinite
subject" and omitting the (understood?) perfective suffix - modelled on
another known Klingon dish:
to'baj 'uS lughoDlu'bogh tIlaj
Accept these stuffed tobbaj legs! PK
Ho'Du'lIjDaq to'baj 'uSHom lughoDlu'bogh tu'lu'
You have some stuffed tobbaj leg in your teeth. PK
FYI: According to "Power Klingon" stuffed tobbaj legs is the traditional
meal during {QI'lop}, the holiday honoring the Klingon military.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons