[102349] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] nuqDaq ghaH 'arHa'e'?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (De'vID)
Tue Nov 17 09:20:47 2015
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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 15:20:30 +0100
From: "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com>
To: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhIngan-Hol@kli.org>
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De'vID:
>> taghwI'pu' tIQorgh. yIbIv, 'ej bIbIvtaHvIS qa'meH vIttlheghvam yIqaw:
>> Hagh qoHpu' neH HeghtaHvIS SuvwI'pu'.
Anthony Appleyard:
> (I know what "infringe" means.)
'ach qatlh {bIv} 'oS mu'vam 'e' DaHar? qech mung yIngu'.
> That text seems to say "Take care of beginners. Infringe (imperative), and while you are infringing, as a replacement, remember (imperative) this proverb: "while the warrior is dying, only the fool laughs.".".
DayajHa'. tay' {qa'meH} {vIttlhegh} je.
> This looks to me like an example of an imperative being used as a conditional,
yIlaDqa', 'ej DalaDtaHvIS mu'tlheghvam yIqaw: bIjeghbe'chugh vaj bIHegh.
> a construction used in English sometimes. e.g.: "Scuba dive (imperative) there, and the navy base's underwater defences will make a quick end of you", used to mean "If you scuba dive there, the navy base's underwater defences will make a quick end of you".
pImchu' mu'tlheghlIj mu'tlheghwIj je!
mu'tlheghlIj Dajatlhchugh, bIQDaq Qalbe' 'IjwI' DaneH.
mu'tlheghwIj vIjatlh, taghwI'pu' Qorgh Qov vIneHmo'.
pImqu'ba'!
> But, is imperative-as-conditional allowed in Klingon?
jISovbe'.
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