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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] qo''e' tu'bogh pagh - 'ay' cha'maH Hut
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Thu Mar 8 12:37:33 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org"
<tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org>
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 11:37:19 -0600
In-Reply-To: <C305E6BD33E2654DAE1F8F403247B6A6032082F6407C@EVS02.ad.uchicago.edu>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
I just posted...
> 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.
Or even more succinctly, omitting the optional plural suffixes:
tlham DaS: cha' chang'eng.
Gravity boot(s): two pair.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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