[84479] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Klingon WOTD: SanID (number)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com)
Tue Apr 22 21:56:26 2008
From: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:55:17 EDT
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
In a message dated 4/22/2008 09:36:34 AM Central Daylight Time,
sboozer@uchicago.edu writes:
> Are you thinking of the phrases {vatlh DIS poH}
> and {netlh DIS poH} mentioned in HQ 8.3:
>
> With longer time periods, such as a century ({vatlh DIS poH}), or a
> period of 10,000 years (myriad, perhaps) ({netlh DIS poH}), the words
> {ret} or {pIq} may be used in place of {poH}, e.g., {cha' vatlh DIS poH}
> "two centuries", but {cha' vatlh DIS ret} "two centuries ago". The
> phrase {cha' vatlh ben} would mean "200 years ago". The choice of
> construction depends on what is being emphasized: in this case, the
> total number of centuries (two) or the total number of years (200).
>
> (Is {SaD DIS poH} "millennium" also mentioned in that HolQeD article? It's
> not in my notes.)
>
Your copy of the text of HQ 8.3, p. 3, is incomplete, and lacks exactly the
part about millennium:
With longer time periods, such
as a century ({vatlh DIS poH}),
millennium ({SaD DIS poH}), or a
period of 10,000 years ("myriad,"
perhaps) ({netlh DIS poH}), the words
{ret} or {pIq} may be used in place of
{poH}, e.g., {cha' vatlh DIS poH} _two
centuries_ , but {cha' vatlh DIS ret} _two
centuries ago_. The phrase {cha' vatlh
ben} would mean "200 years ago."
The choice of construction depends
(p.4)
on what is being emphasized: in this
case, the total number of centuries
(two) or the total number of years
(200).
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