[57] in tlhIngan-Hol
questions on new stuff
dcctdw@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (dcctdw@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sun Feb 16 15:20:29 1992
Errors-To: tlhIngan-Hol-request@village.boston.ma.us
From: mosquito@Athena.MIT.EDU
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 91 02:09:04 -0500
I've got some questions on the new edition of the dictionary. I
expect some of these are questions that could only be answered by
Okrand, and possibly in the form of "Oh, yeah, I'll get around to
inventing that someday". But just in case someone knows the answer,
or has a very good guess, or in case someone out there knows how to
get in touch with Okrand, here goes:
In the new edition, in the addendum, in section 5.5, epithets and
general invectives are listed. Does anyone know if a relation between
the epithets on the left column and the invective on the right column
was intended? Or are these two independent lists?
Also, I assume in section 6.4 the word "to be accurate" should be
"qar", not "gar"? Based on the examples and the dictionary list...
(what a word to get qarbe'.) Confirmation, anyone?
Now that we have the names of various officerships in the Klingon
hierarchy, what IS that hierarchy? And are all the officerships listed
in the dictionary, with the addendum?
A few modals I'm sure Klingons must have a use for, but can't find a
way to express based on the dictionary: must, should, may (as in permitted)
Anyone got words for: question (n), answer (n), lesson (n),
class (of students) (n)?
Would "try to X" be "X nID?"
I'll ask this again: a way to tell time? What position of the sun counts
as the first hour? How many hours in a Klingon day?
Also, from the old section, which personal names are supposed to be
male? Female? Either?
mosquito@athena.mit.edu
Kevin Iga
