[95118] in tlhIngan-Hol
[Tlhingan-hol] puchpa' [was: Re: Dishes]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gaerfindel)
Thu Nov 29 10:48:50 2012
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:48:22 -0500
From: Gaerfindel <gaerfindel@hotmail.com>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
In-Reply-To: <50B76F28.1020301@trimboli.name>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
ghItlhpu' quljIb. jatlh:
ngop 'elpI'mey 'unmey je vISay'moHbejta'. DaH Say'moHmeH 'IbwIj chIm.
ghItlhpu' David Triboli. jatlh:
majQa'. DaH puchpa'wIj yISay'moH.
jIghItlh. jatlh:
chIm'a' puchlIj? yIchImbe' puch bIH puchpa'lIj vISay'moHQo'!
ghItlh David. jatlh:
I'm having trouble understanding this, but I think you're saying, "Is
your toilet empty? If your toilet is not empty I will not clean your
bathroom!"
The first sentence is fine. The second sentence begins with {yIchImbe'},
which is kinda-sorta-not-legally like "be not empty it!" I believe you
wanted to use a conditional clause: {chImbe'chugh puch} "if the toilet
is not empty." You used {bIH} "they/them (referring to things)" as if it
were {vaj} "therefore." Change it to {vaj}, or leave it out entirely.
chIm'a' puchlIj?
chImbe'chugh puch [vaj] puchpa'lIj vISay'moHQo'! bIQ neH ngaSbej
puchwIj. taybe'wI' 'up jIHbe'. DaH yISay'choHmoH!
jIjatlh:
Qo'! puchpa'wIj neH vISay'moH.
~quljIb
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