[90361] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: DaHjaj
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Felix Malmenbeck)
Mon Oct 31 15:48:56 2011
From: Felix Malmenbeck <felixm@kth.se>
To: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>, "tlhIngan-Hol@KLI.org"
<tlhIngan-Hol@KLI.org>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:48:33 +0000
In-Reply-To: <C305E6BD33E2654DAE1F8F403247B6A6031E43D02323@EVS02.ad.uchicago.edu>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
Interesting note about DaHjaj: When the subject of a sentence, both DaHjaj and jajvam may be used, but jajvam is more common. As a time element, it seems it's always DaHjaj that's used.
http://klingonska.org/canon/search/?file=1997-06-29d-news.txt&get=source
Another canonical use is DaHjaj 'arlogh Qoylu'pu':
-----------------------
It has also been speculated that
there was once a bit more to this
expression, namely an element
stating the time period the
questioner was concerned about. For
example, maybe people said:
{DaHjaj 'arlogh Qoylu'pu'?}
That is, <Today, how many times
has someone heard it?> suggesting that
the questioner is concerned about
how much time has gone by <today>
(as opposed to, say, <this week>).
-----------------------
ghItlhta' Voragh,
> tlhIngan Hol Danummo' pIquvmoH.
> tlhIngan Hol yejHaD Datoy'mo' pInaD.
> DaHjaj matlh jupna' pIpong.
Interesting; I've seen the DaHjaj matlh jupna' pIpong sentence before, but this is the first time I see the rest of it. Surprised by the use of num; I'd've thought it meant "to increase the rank of"
_______________________________________________
Tlhingan-hol mailing list
Tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
http://stodi.digitalkingdom.org/mailman/listinfo/tlhingan-hol
