tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 12 16:15:03 2009
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RE: Snow?
> >But how do I talk about the white stuff on the ground?
>
> {yavDaq tulu' Hap chIS! nuq 'oH?}
>
> >What I don't know, is how to talk about snow the noun.
>
> Well, there's the noun {chuch} "ice" and the verbs {bIr} "be
> cold", {taD} "be frozen", {tet} "melt" and {yIQ} "be wet".
>
> You could try *{chuchHom} but you would have to explain
> yourself or people might think you're talking about ice
> cubes. The only other think I can think of at the moment is
> {bIQ tet} "frozen water" - but how would that be different
> from {chuch} "ice"?
>
> An obvious work-around is to describe snow indirectly or allude to it:
>
> peDtaHmo' Dat chIS yav.
>
> but that doesn't really answer your question.
chaq /bIQ qut/ lo'.
DloraH