tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Oct 30 09:00:16 2012
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] ramDaq jIQongbe’
quljIb:
>> {ramDaq jIQongbe’ jItlhuHlaHtaHchugh. SuS jo’meH
>> vIlo’ jIQongtaHvIS. bIq vInobnIS 'ej Hoch jajmey
>> vIpuchnIS Qapbogh.}
ghunchu'wI':
> "I do not sleep at the nighttime if I am being able to
> breathe. I use a wind machinery-bridge [?] while I am
> sleeping. I must give it a [water??] and all days I must
> [toilet?] it, that succeeds."
>
> What did you mean?
quljIb:
>> "I cannot sleep at nighttime if I am *not* able to
>> breathe. I use wind machinery (the CPAP machine)
>> while I am sleeping. I must give it water and wash
>> [the mask] every day for it to work properly."
How about *{tlhuHmeH jo'} "breathing machinery"? Actually, *{tlhuHmeH jan(Hom)} "breathing device" might be better. {jo'} "machinery" is used for fairly large machinery on the BOP poster:
jopwI' jo' recoil machinery
tal jo' cannon machinery
tel SeHwI' jo' wing control mechanism
Instead of {bIq vInobnIS} "I must give (it) water", how about {janDaq bIQ vIqangnIS} "I must pour water into the device". Some liquid-related vocabulary:
qang pour (from one container into another), pour into (v)
lIch pour (into/onto anything) (v)
teb fill (v)
buy' be full, filled up (v)
As ghunchu'wI' remarked {puch} "toilet" is a noun, but we have the verb {Say'moH} "wash" or {lamHa'choHmoH} "get something cleaned".
Putting it altogether:
Qapchu'meH Hoch jaj janDaq bIQ vIqangnIS 'ej vISay'moHnIS.
For it to function properly, I must pour water into the
device and clean it every day.
"Mask" is a problem. We have {mIn QanwI' nguv} "sunglasses" (lit. "tinted eye protector") from TalkNow! So something like *{qab/ghIch QanwI'} "face/nose protector"?
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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