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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] vagh jaj, vagh 'uy' DarSeq je
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Fri Jun 27 15:16:46 2014
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 19:16:38 +0000
In-Reply-To: <CAG84SOvO1zLr9y0Qytr5zKLdVCyArRQVgKXyaJoAGwy+R4V-2g@mail.gmail.com>
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bI'reng:
>> But how to say, "My ship flies faster than your ship"? There are no
>> verbs of quality meaning "be fast" or "be slow" (at least, I can't
>> find any). But there are adverbs {nom} and {QIt}.
nIqolay Q:
> Recently, MO said something along the lines that to express that a
> thing moves fast or slow, you use a relative phrase: "the fast ship"
> would be something like {nom lengbogh Duj} "the ship that travels
> fast", which also demonstrates you can use adverbials in relative
> clauses, which is handy.
Here's Okrand's explanation (via De'vID, 11/22/2012):
Maltz was unaware of an adjective meaning fast (or slow for that
matter). He said in Klingon you wouldn't say that something is fast
- you'd say it moves fast. So instead of You have a fast ship, you
could say {nom leng DujlIj} "Your ship travels fast" or {nom leng
Duj Daghajbogh} "The ship that you have travels fast". If "your
fast ship" is supposed to be the subject or object of a sentence,
you say something like {tInqu' nom lengbogh DujlIj} "Your ship that
travels fast is very big" (or, less literally, "Your fast ship is
very big") or {nom lengbogh DujlIj vIlegh} "I see your ship that
travels fast" (or "I see your fast ship").
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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