[89478] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Hoghvam qaSpu'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brent Kesler)
Tue Sep 6 17:06:51 2011
In-Reply-To: <257360DA4630433FB34E8CB6302FB833@no1>
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 13:59:16 -0700
From: Brent Kesler <brent.of.all.people@gmail.com>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Seruq <seruq@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> wot DIp je 'oH [nov] mu'.
> mu'tlheghvetlh vIlaDDI', DIp-DIp vIqel. DIp-DIp laDlaw' ghunchu'wI'.
> DIp-wot DalaDlaw'.
> DIp-DIp bIHchugh, qaq [nov ngoch]. 'ach... mu'tlheghvamvaD, DIp-wot Qap law' DIp-DIp Qap puS.
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 8:41 AM, Robyn Stewart <robyn@flyingstart.ca> wrote:
> novvaD ngogh Da'oghbe'. novbogh ngoch Da'ogh.
"Foreign policy" vImughmeH, vIQubqu'.
qechmey law' qeng {ngoch nov}. novbogh ngoch Delchugh, ngochvam
ghajnIS'a' qum nov? nuq Del {ngochmaj nov}? qum novvaD ngochvam
ghaj'a' qummaj? qoj qummajvaD ngochvam nobpu''a' qum nov?
qech law' qeng je {nov ngoch}. ngochvam lughaj'a' novpu'? nuq Del {nov
ngochmaj}? puHmaj luDabbogh novpu' che'taH'a' {nov ngochmaj}? puHmaj
luDabbe'chugh novpu', chaHvaD ngochvam wIghaj'a'?
qechmey rap law' qeng "foreign policy", {ngoch nov} je 'e' vIQub, 'ach
qechmey rapbe' qeng "foreign policy", {nov ngoch} je. vaj "foreign
policy" mugh {ngoch nov} QaQ law', {nov ngoch} QaQ puS, 'e'
vIHarchoHpu'.
nuQum QeS 'utlh:
>
> Klingon makes a couple of spectacular distinctions in this regard. As
> I didn't read the original article I'm not sure what status the former
> officers and cabinet ministers have now, but I'd be tempted to use the
> verb {mIl} "be formerly honoured but now disgraced".
I think the officers and ministers served the government that
collapsed in 2003. In that case {mIl} probably works. I wonder if
there's a general term for "former" that doesn't require a long
sentence. Although for Klingons, maybe the only options are 'utlh,
mIl, or Heghpu'.
bI'reng
