tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Nov 13 01:55:48 2009
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Re: Yet another newbie!
Steven Boozer wrote:
> buSwI' ([email protected]) wrote:
>
>>>One thing in particular that puzzles me is how {Duy'a'} and {Duy''a'}
>>>differ in sound, that is, how to say {''}.
>
>
> Since buSwI' is unlikely to have KGT (KLINGON FOR THE GALACTIC TRAVELLER) yet, here's the relevant paragraph (pp. 138-139):
>
...
[Long explanation deleted]
{voraghvaD tlho''a' vInobqu'}
(I seem to get to practice thanking a lot!)
>
>>>Also, I wonder about using locative in a noun phrase, as in {bIQDaq
>>>veng}, my attempt at translating "the city on the water" (yes, I know
>>>a true Klingon would not associate his city with water...). Is that ok?
>>
>>No, that's not right. TKD 3.4 says that only the last noun in a
>>noun-noun construction may take a Type 5 suffix.
>
>
> See TKD p. 50:
>
> If a Type 5 noun suffix is used (section 3.3.5), it follows the
> verb, which, when used to modify the noun in this way, can have
> no other suffix except the rover {-qu'} "emphatic". The Type 5
> noun suffix follows {-qu'} ...
> veng tInDaq in the big city
> veng tInqu'Daq in the very big city
{mu'Hom laDlu' yeplu'qu'niS}
(if I got that right...)
/buSwI'