[1845] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: Puncation revisited / Hos tlhIngan
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sat Oct 23 23:37:26 1993
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.east.sun.com>
From: Captain Krankor <krankor@codex.prds.cdx.mot.com>
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.east.sun.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 93 21:33:50 -0600
>Forgive the continued questions dealing with this post, but:
>
>Why do you use lughmoHghach as opposed to lughghach?
> ^^^
"correction" mugh "lughmoHghach". "lughghach" vIja'pu'chugh, "correctness"
vIHechlaw'. lugh == to be right or correct, lughmoH == to cause to be right,
or to correct, vaj lughghach = rightness, correctness, lughmoHghach ==
correction, or the act of correcting.
>Secondly, does "qab QoyghachwIj po'ghach 'e' vItu'" refer to the skill of
>my hearing (i.e. the ability to decern the phonemes) or the ability (state
>of deafness). Is there anyway within Klingon to differentiate the two?
HIja', "hearing skill"vaD 'oHlaw', "ability to hear" neHlu'chugh,
mu'tlhegh latlh QaQlaw' law' mu'tlheghvam QaQlaw' puS. QoylaHghach ==
hearing ability, ability to hear.
--Qanqor
