[2663] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: jIlIH'egh
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Thu Jan 20 09:58:48 1994
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.East.Sun.COM>
From: Will Martin <whm2m@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.East.Sun.COM>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 94 09:54:48 EST
On Jan 19, 1:44pm, Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
> Subject: jIlIH'egh
> >...
> >> >naDevDaq jIHtaH 'e' mubeltaH
> >>
> >> "naDev" 'o'Daq "-Daq" yIghItlhQo'. "'e' mulbelmoH" 'e' DaghItlhnIS 'e'
> >> vIHar. "be pleased" Hech "bel", 'ej "to please (someone)" Hech
"belmoH".
>
> >> ~mark
>
> >Hmmm. Either way, it looks like the old Sentence-As-Subject construction
> >to me.
>
> Qu'vatlh! You're right. Ho, boy are you right...
>
> > My own preference would be
> >{naDev jIHtaHmo' bIbel}. Anybody else have a better or alternate
suggestion?
>
> As my use of "ghommaj Damuvmo' jIQuch" shows, I agree with your preference,
> 'cept that you have the wrong prefix. Should be "jIbel".
>
> >-- charghwI'
> ~mark
Yep. Like peeling an onion. There's always another layer. Focus on one
booboo and miss another one that SHOULD have been obvious. Cooperatively, we
can write excellent Klingon, even if it DOES take four passes...
-- charghwI'
