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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] paq'batlh: TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE OF SOMETHING
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Sun Dec 4 21:11:50 2011
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:11:30 -0500
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
In-Reply-To: <6.2.5.6.2.20111204164905.052fd468@flyingstart.ca>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
On 12/4/2011 8:00 PM, Qov wrote:
>> >I think {ja'chuq} is considered a verb on its own (it's been
>> lexicalised),
>
> I've never been quite comfortable with that one as fully lexicalized,
> despite my desire to use it to say "Tor and Kruge discussed the warp
> drive," I always write something like {ja'chuq tor Qugh je. pIvghor
> luqel}. I always use it as though it were simply ja' + -chuq but I think
> I am accepting enough of people interpreting that differently that I
> might accept some other ways without comment.
Yeah, I get it when I see it, but I don't believe it. I'm also not fond
of using {qel} here, because I believe as "consider" it means "ponder,"
not "bring up a subject." I don't think it's absolutely *wrong*; I just
don't feel it's the right verb. I picture two Klingons saying a word,
then turning away and scratching their beards while thought-clouds
appear above their heads.
A better approach is to explain *why* you're talking. For instance,
{pIvghor tI'meH ja'chuq tor Qugh je} "Tor and Kruge confer in order to
fix the warp drive."
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SuStel
http://www.trimboli.name/
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