[98360] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Canon and feelings for translating be-verbs with
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SuStel)
Mon Apr 7 08:49:04 2014
From: "SuStel" <sustel@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2014 05:48:30 -0700
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@kli.org
> From: Gaerfindel <gaerfindel@hotmail.com>
> On 4/7/2014 1:21 AM, Michael Roney, Jr. wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Robyn Stewart <robyn@flyingstart.ca> wrote:
> >> I have been twitching for fifteen years every time I see ghopHomDu' translated as
> >> "small hands" in the postal course, so I want to make sure this doesn't irk anyone.
> >>
> > "His watch doesn't have hands"
>
> qatlh ghopHomDu' ghojbe' tlhaqDaj?
See, if you're going to metaphorically describe them as "hands," then
they're hands, not "minor hands." This is the same as calling the
handles of a pot {DeSDu'} (not {DeSHomDu'}).
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SuStel
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