[89565] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: A ghaj for every -Daj? - jInIDqa'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rohan Fenwick - QeS 'utlh)
Sat Sep 10 20:46:28 2011
From: Rohan Fenwick - QeS 'utlh <qeslagh@hotmail.com>
To: <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 10:35:51 +1000
In-Reply-To: <SNT106-DS244AB21F787986A834997CA1000@phx.gbl>
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ghItlhpu' qomeQ, jatlh:
> If i remember correctly, in Pali instead of saying "I have a sword",
> I could say "A sword is at me". Aham khaggham hoti.
law' 'e' ta'bogh Holmey. 'e' ta' Ireland Hol je. Turkey Hol jatlhlu'DI'
"vay'wIj tu'lu', vay'wIj SaH" jatlh:
kIlIc-Im var
yan-wIj SaH/tu'lu'/'oHtaH
"yan vIghaj" (mughlu'chu'DI', "yanwIj tu'lu'")
Ubykh Hol vIHaDtaH 'ej Dajqu' DupDaj. "ghopvo' HuS vay'" 'oSbogh wot'e'
lo':
ze-tsine a-s-q'a-gh
wa'-yan 'oH-jIHvaD-ghopDaq-HuS
"yan vIghaj" (mughlu'chu'DI', "ghopwIjDaq HuS yan")
taH:
> And in Spanish one would say "I have thirty years" not "I am
> thirty years old".
(...poD)
> Perhaps Klingon uses the same construction to indicate age.
We actually know how Klingons ordinarily indicate age, from an MSN
posting made by Okrand in 1996:
""I am 40 years old" would be expressed as: loSmaH ben jIboghpu'
This is "I was born 40 years ago" (loSmaH "40," ben "years ago," jI-
"I," bogh "be born," -pu' "perfective"). As is normal in Klingon
sentences, the time element (in this case, loSmaH ben "40 years
ago") comes first." (Okrand to MSN newsgroup, Dec 12 1996)
QeS 'utlh
