[694] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re[2]: nuqneH cha'DIch / More questions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Mon Apr 26 22:59:47 1993
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From: Mark_Nudelman@go.com
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: 26 Apr 93 13:13
>tlhingan HolDaq jIqeqnISbejqu'meH ghItlhHom cha'DIch vIghItlhlI'.
>ghItlh tIqqu' vIlegh 'e' vIparHa' vIneH. vInuDmeH HolQeD joq cha'
>vInejtaH. HolQeD 'ar tu'lu'? tlhingan HolDaq jIghItlh 'e' vIparHa'.
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Captain Krankor has suggested I try to correct Admiral Doug's post,
quoted above. Being barely more than a beginner myself, I'm starting
to regret that I ventured to correct Doug's first posting, but here
goes. I will be more verbose than Captain Krankor so you can see
where I make any mistakes along the way. jItuHrup.
First sentence is roughly:
I have written a second (little) message for the purpose that I
certainly need to practice a lot in Klingon.
Something about the "jIqeqnISbejqu'meH" bothers me, but I don't see
anything clearly wrong with it. I might have said "tlhingan Hol
vIqeqnISbejqu'meH", making "tlhIngan Hol" the object of "qeq".
Second sentence is:
I want to like to see very long messages.
Probably doesn't need both the "'e' vIparHa'" and the "vIneH". You
either want to see or you like to see, but you don't usually want to
like to see.
I think the intent of the third sentence is:
I'm looking for a HolQeD or two in order to examine it.
The "joq" should be after the second noun: "HolQeD cha' joq". Since
numbers are used as nouns (TKD p.54) I think it is correct to combine
a noun and a number this way. I'm not sure if the resulting phrase
should be considered singular or plural, but luckily "vInejtaH" is
correct in either case!
The last two sentences are:
How many HolQeDs are there?
I like writing in Klingon.
Both seem ok.
That's it. However, since Captain Krankor said "there are definitely
some things to be fixed", and I didn't find many, I'm sure I've missed
some. Comments are welcome.
--nachHegh
Mark_Nudelman@go.com
