[2920] in tlhIngan-Hol
po puv bortaS! (translation)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Wed Feb 2 02:14:28 1994
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.East.Sun.COM>
From: shoulson@ctr.columbia.edu (Mark E. Shoulson)
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.East.Sun.COM>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 1994 12:02:51 -0500
In-Reply-To: Marnen Laibow-Koser 's message of Mon, 31 Jan 94 22:32:01 E
ST <9402010332.AA25492@brick.purchase.edu>
>From: laibow@brick.purchase.edu (Marnen Laibow-Koser )
>Date: Mon, 31 Jan 94 22:32:01 EST
>jatlh charghwi' quv:
>: 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'? ;>
jatlhta' 'Iv? jatlhta'law' Okrand. 'ay' 4.4 yIlaD. jatlh Okrand "A verb
expressing a state or quality...." toH, *chaq* DIp 'o'Daq wotmey Hoch
lo'lu', 'ach Okrand ghItlh DalaDchu'chugh, ghoHchuqlaHbej maw'be'wI'pu' 'e'
Dalegh. qaQochbe'pu', 'ach DaH DIchmo' jIjatlhlaHbe'. wot bIHbej
"adjective"'e', 'ach chaq "adjective" rurmeH wot *Hoch'e'* lo'be'lu'.
jatlh Okrand: "qaStaHvIS wa' ram loS SaD Hugh SIjlaH qetbogh loD". "?loD
qet" ja'be'. jatlaH'a'? qIt, 'ach DIchmo' vIjatlhlaHbe'. jIyep 'e'
vImaS, vaj DIp 'o'Daq wotmey vIlo'bogh vIyep jIH.
~mark
