[2895] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: po puv bortaS! (translation)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue Feb 1 10:36:34 1994
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.East.Sun.COM>
From: laibow@brick.purchase.edu (Marnen Laibow-Koser )
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.East.Sun.COM>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 94 22:32:01 EST
In-Reply-To: <9401251642.AA27558@uva.pcmail.Virginia.EDU>; from "Will Martin" a
t Jan 25, 94 11:41 am
jatlh charghwi' quv:
[...]
: Hmmm. Good point. Let me try to get a better grip on this. We have verbs
: whose definitions begin with the word "be", like:
: {bIr} = "be cold"
: That is definitely okay to use as an adjective.
:
: We have intransitive verbs that do not have "be" in their definition:
: {ba'} = "sit"
: This is definitely not okay to use as an adjective.
qatlh? qatlh \ba'bogh loD\ \ba'taHbogh loD\ joq raplaHbe' \loD ba'\? taHghach
Segh 'oHlaHbe'ba' \ba'\ jatlhta' 'iv? tlhingan HolDaq wotmey <adjective>mey
rapqu'chuqba'! wotmey <adjective>mey je pimchuqghach DaSam 'e' DaniDchugh ('ej
'e' Data'pu'bej), Qatlhqu' Qu'vam 'e' Datu'bej. pagh pimchuqghach tu'lu' 'e'
viHarbej. muqaD neH'a' vay'? tlhingan Hol lo'taHviS muqaD neH'a' vay'? ;>
: -- charghwI'
:
:
Qapla' jachqemwi'vo'.
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