[91830] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Newbie question about vIneHbogh construction
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Tue Jan 24 18:04:36 2012
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:04:13 -0500
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
In-Reply-To: <CAGBhE_hCJR0_6KRRTZ+20dkPra+_J=PxNqDRbYsimzmefgGhjg@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
On 1/24/2012 5:45 PM, Wiechu wrote:
> I wan to say in Klingon: "Things I want to see" or "Things which I want
> to see"
>
> I came with this: Dochmey vIlegh vIneHbogh.
This is very difficult to parse. "I see things" is that which I want.
That is, it looks like [Dochmey vIlegh] vIneHbogh, instead of Dochmey
vI[legh vIneH]bogh, which is what you want. Creepy.
Let's figure out a complete sentence. "I name things I want to see."
I would simply split this into two sentences or clauses.
Dochmeyvetlh vIlegh vIneH; vIpong.
I want to see those things; I name them.
Dochmeyvetlh vIlegh vIneH 'ej vIpong.
I want to see those things and I name them.
Dochmeyvetlh vIlegh vIneHchugh vIpong.
If I want to see those things, I name them.
Doch vIlegh vIneHchugh vIpong.
If I want to see a thing, I name it.
> She gave me another translation which does the job perfectly, that is:
> {Dochmey vIleghnISbogh}
Except it doesn't mean the same thing.
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