[87928] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: Age
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Seruq)
Mon Apr 5 23:24:05 2010
From: "Seruq" <seruq@bellsouth.net>
To: <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 22:21:23 -0500
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> On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Michael Roney, Jr.
> <nahqun@gmail.com>wrote:
> > Which book, tape, or article discusses how to discuss ages?
> > i.e. The caves are tens of thousands of years old.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > --
> > ~naHQun tammuj puqloD
> >
>
> The only one that jumps to mind right now is the line from
> Power Klingon:
>
> cha'vatlh ben HIq vItlhutlh
> I will drink two century old ale
...
> vaghnetlh ben bIH DISmey'e'
> The caves are fifty thousand years old
>
> qurgh
In the canon [cha'vatlh ben HIq vItlhutlh], I see a noun-noun construction, [cha'vatlh ben]-[HIq];
ale of 200 years ago.
In your sentence [vaghnetlh ben bIH DISmey'e'] I think you would need to swap bIH and DISmey.
vaghnetlh ben DISmey bIH. They are caves of 5000 years ago.
DloraH
