[89506] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: nuq bop bom: 'ay' wa'maH jav
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robyn Stewart)
Thu Sep 8 10:38:13 2011
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2011 07:26:02 -0700
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: Robyn Stewart <robyn@flyingstart.ca>
In-Reply-To: <BAY166-W3349A050F2EC4E70838F4FAA1E0@phx.gbl>
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Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
At 02:29 08/09/2011, you wrote:
> > quSDajDaq ba'choH. "rI'Se' yIpoSmoH" jatlh.
>
>Hrm. This sounds a little like an English calque. I'm not saying it's
>necessarily wrong, but do you prefer poSmoH to chu'?
I did it deliberately because I thought of it more as a Star Trek
calque than an English one. I think I use both for frequencies
within the stories.
> > 'eSSIm qab cha'choHDI' HaSta,
>
>Would 'ang be better here? (Funny, I seem hell-bent on lexicon today.)
Yeah, cha' has two many meanings. :-)
> > rI'mo' nov mISba' tlhIngan. jup mu' nop Mahoun. tlhIngan tIgh Sov.
> > tlhIngan lunuQ malja' bopbe'bogh mu'mey'e'.
>
>*lu*bopbe'bogh, qar'a'?
bILUgh.
> > "lI'wI'vaD loQ pegh jabbI'IDvam. ruQ vIHIj 'e' maS," jatlh Mahoun.
>
>wot 'oH {ruQ} 'e' vIHar. "ruQ VIHIj" bIjatlhDI', qech vIyajchu', 'ach
>mu'mey vIpojlaHbe' neH.
ghunchu'wI' caught that one.
>vItIvtaH! yuQDaq qaS nuq? ja'chuqDI' 'eSSIm Mahoun je, nuq luqel? tugh
>'e' vItu'.
bertlham DaparHa' 'e' vItul.
