tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 29 09:56:07 2007
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Re: Dilbert Comic in Klingon for January 26, 2007
pm5:
> >pIn: {DaH qep DaghoSlaH'a'?} (1)
> >Boss: "Can you come to a meeting right now?"
Doq:
>pIn: DaH yIghom!
OR: DaH maghomlaH'a'?
> >DIlbot: {ghobe'. tlhoS SopmeH poH 'oH.} (2)
> >Dilbert: "No, it's almost lunch time."
Doq:
>DIlbergh: Qo'! tugh paw megh.
OR: tugh megh vISopnIS.
OR: tugh qaS megh.
OR: tugh jISopnIS.
> > I used {SopmeH poH} "time to eat" which resembles {vutmeH 'un} "pot for
> > cooking". Is this kind of construction extendable to nouns so one can
> > say {meghvaD poH} "time for lunch"?
I would use {-meH} with a verb; think "time to do X". So {megh vISopmeH
poH} "time for me to eat lunch" with a conjugated purpose clause. If you
want to use a more general "purpose noun", try {megh SopmeH poH} or just
{SopmeH poH} - what other meal are you going to eat at lunch time?
tugh qaS SopmeH poH.
Soon meal-time will occur. It will be meal-time soon.
> >DIlbot: {megh vIqIpbe'chugh, DaHjaj wa'maH cha' repvaD jIbechtaH.
> > vaj HeghwI' vIghal.} (3)
> >Dilbert: "If I miss lunch, my day will be 12 hours of
> > uninterrupted misery. I will envy the dead."
> >
> > I tried to rephrase the second half of sentence (3) into "I'll suffer
> > for 12 hours today," but I'm sure there are some mistakes.
{-vaD} isn't used in time expressions. "For X hours" think of a
subordinate clause "while twelve hours occurred" {qaStaHvIS wa'maHcha'
rep(mey)...}. Some examples:
qaStaHvIS wa'maH puq poHmey, wo'rIv betleH ghaj qorDu'Daj
Worf's bat'telh has been in his family for ten generations. S8
qaStaHvIS wej puq poHmey vav puqloDpu' puqloDpu'chaj je quvHa'moH vav
quvHa'ghach
The dishonor of the father dishonors his sons and their sons for three
generations. TKW
qaStaHvIS wa' ram loS SaD Hugh SIjlaH qetbogh loD
4,000 throats may be cut in one night by a running man. TKD
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons