[2569] in tlhIngan-Hol
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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Mon Jan 17 04:24:08 1994
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Date: Mon, 17 Jan 94 00:18:45 EST
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Greetings, This is Guido#1. I'm back but with a new ID on a whole new system.
The somewhat user-unfriendly Delphi by which I had been gaining InterNet
access was only offering a limited access to the Net. vaj DaH naDev
jIHqa'taH.
Anyhow, I have a number of questions for a grammatical compilation I'm
currently making.
1) I'd like a list of all irregular plurals in Klingon. So far, I've got:
DoS ray'
peng cha
vIj chuyDaH
qempa' no'
mang negh
Are there any more??
2) What exactly do {chay'} and {qatlh} mean. What exactly are the answers to
these question words? With {nuq} and {'Iv} it's easier because they're simply
substitutions for unknown nouns. With {chay'} and {qatlh}, it's a bit more
vague. No, it's a lot more vague. Does one answer {qatlh} with a {-mo'}
phrase or a {-meH} phrase? I haven't a clue as to the answer to {chay'}. If a
Klingon asks {chay' Haw'pu' yaS}, does he want to know by what method of
transportation the officer fled, or in what manner he fled (quickly,
carefully). What I'm really looking for is some specific construction that
answers these question words, or some specific meanings attached to these
words which are more specific than the English synonyms "how" and "why" which
convey a broad range of meanings even in English.
***jabbI'ID pItlh***
Guido#1, Leader of All Guidos
{mulIjneSQo' 'IwbIQtIq Dop latlhDaq bIpawDI'}
