[92479] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] qo''e' tu'bogh pagh - 'ay' cha'maH Hut
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Thu Mar 8 12:30:59 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org"
<tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org>
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 11:30:35 -0600
In-Reply-To: <4D576071-D99B-404B-8924-ED1DA5691337@alcaco.net>
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De'vID jonpIn:
>> CHEKOV: What are we looking for, sir?
>> SPOCK: Lieutenant?
>> VALERIS: Two pairs of gravity boots.
>>
>> CHEKOV: nuq wInej, qaH?
>> SPOCK: Sogh?
>> VALERIS: cha' chang'eng tlham DaS.
ghunchu'wI':
> Shouldn't this be {cha' tlham DaS chang'eng[mey]}? I see no reason to
> think {chang'eng} acts like a number.
Good question. Our example from the BoP Poster is:
nISwI': cha' chang'engmey (telDaq lujomlu', nItebHa' lubaHlu')
Disruptor - 2 Pairs (Wing Mounted, Fire Linked)
So, Valeris could say succinctly (i.e. Vulcan style):
tlham DaS: cha' chang'engmey.
Gravity boots: two pairs.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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