[89251] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: chIjwI' qanqu' bom: 'ay' wa'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robyn Stewart)
Tue Aug 30 11:46:52 2011
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:34:48 -0700
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: Robyn Stewart <robyn@flyingstart.ca>
In-Reply-To: <BAY166-W30607D9C6312F2357C217DAA170@phx.gbl>
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
At 04:56 30/08/2011, you wrote:
>ghItlhpu' ghunchu'wI', jatlh:
> >As for the "one of three" issue, I really dislike the suggestion of
> >using {-vo'}. {wej nuvpu' wa'} "one of three people" seems fine to me
>
>Fair enough. I wasn't sure whether a construction like that would come
>across in the Klingon. Do others find {wej nuvpu' wa'} "one of three
>people" suitable?
I still wouldn't understand it without knowing the original, but then
I'm not sure I knew what "stoppeth one of three" meant on first read,
either. I wonder if you can say wejDIch nuv mev. I would not be
unhappy with wej nuvpu' wa'.
