[85046] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: Help with a project
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Wed Sep 10 10:34:05 2008
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "'tlhingan-hol@kli.org'" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:30:36 -0500
In-Reply-To: <122615.7740.qm@web82603.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
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Voragh:
>> And let's not forget {chu'} "play (a musical instrument)":
>> (...) Thus {Supghew chu'wI'} could be a "fiddle player".
ter'eS:
> I just think {chu'} is kind of over-used.
It is, but it often is the right word nevertheless.
"Play" in English is also used fairly widely and in many different idioms -- as is *tocar* in Spanish, *igrat'* in Russian, *shpiln* in Yiddish, *spielen* in German (IIRC), etc. (It must be something about having a general or generic verb vs. specific verbs for particular types of playing/instruments.)
> Besides, what if someone thought the play was "The Newbie on the Roof?"
There'll be many Klingon speakers in the audience, then? <g>
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
