[Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: 'ay' wa'vatlh wejmaH chorgh: <parmaqqay>

[Robyn Stewart]

At 19:17 13/02/2012, you wrote:
>On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 12:55 AM, Qov <robyn at flyingstart.ca> wrote:
> > "HIja', 'a tlhoS vIqoplu'!" jatlh vajar. romuluSngan HIq qangpu'bogh qImyal
> > tlhutlhbe'chu' pay' 'e' tlhoj.
>
><HIq Hat vIHotpu', 'a vIghupbe'.>

bItlhaQ. ghup 'e' lIjlaw' vajar.

> > jatlh "HIq vIpoQ." HIq SuqmeH Hu' ghutar.
>
>reH batlh vangrup ghutar. 'Il quvDaj 'e' 'ang. 'op ghojwI' vIDevbogh rur.

taghpa' 'ay''a'vam Dal ghutar 'e' vIHaj. Do', lIH'egh ghutar 'ej 
bochqu' quvDaj.

> > bItlaw' Hota'ro'. ghaHvaD jatlh vajar, "DaHjaj lI' qeSlIj. HI'Ij:
> > SopwI'pa'Daq jIneppu'. wa'Hu' matlhutlhchoHpa' chIch qanum. Daqotlh. motlh
> > yaS ngoy'nIStaHghach yajbe' QupwI'. nIroSHa'moHtaHDI' wIvmey Qatlh, yaS
> > tlhIbHa' SoH."
>
>mumISmoH mu'tlheghvam Qav. chaq tlhoy HoSghaj <roSHa'moH>. vIHlaHbe'
>'e' Del qar'a'? jImughta'DI' 'ej DIvI' Hol mu'tlhegh vIqelDI', qech
>vIghovlaw'. wot pIm vIwIv: <nIvoQtaHDI' wIvmey>. tlhuHlaHtaH, 'ach
>purmeH vumqu'nIS. qechvam yajchu' Hota'ro'.

mu'tlheghveth vIqontaHvIS, pIm Dapu' Hota'ro', qImyal luSuchtaHvIS. 
ghaytan vIpujmoHbe'pu'mo' jIQaghpu'. 'ach Duj toymeH 'ej HoD lobmeH 
tlhochDI' wIvmey, tlhoS Hota'ro' roSHa'moHlu'bej. jIQublI'

> > jatlh vajar, "DupIH qImyal Sa'. 'a qavoq."
>
>Hoch'e' pIH jay'.

qan 'ej yIntaH.

> > "yIvbeHvetlh Dunojta' parmaqqaylI'," jatlh vajar. tlhojbe'pu'mo' Hagh.
>
>loQ jIHagh je jIH 'ach jImonqu'mo' Doghqu'wI' vIrur.

SIbI' yIvbeHvetlh Daghov SoH 'e' vIqaw.

> > jatlh Hota'ro'. "yIlegh. naDev muDuQchu'pu' taj QIn." cha'meH ngechDaj
> > lupoSmoH nItlhDu'Daj.
> >
> > leghlaH vajar. "Doj," jatlh.
>
>(Doj nuq? pIvchoH DIr DuQlu'pu'bogh 'e' naD'a'?)

vIqontaHvIS, jangmeH vajar loDnalwI' vIghel. jIjatlh, "DIr 
nguvlu'bogh muchmeH be', ngech 'angchugh. nuq Dajatlh?"
DIvI' Hol lo'taHvIS "Doj" chup.  mu'meylIj vImughta'DI' Quch ghaH.

> > chegh ghutar, HIq bal, HIvje'mey je qengtaHvIS. "qaH'eng!" jatlh.
>
>latlh nuvvaD yap'a' HIvje' qengpu'bogh?

ghaytan ghoSlI' qaH'eng 'e' Sov.

> > mon vajar, jatlh. "wa'logh," 'ach QIjbe'mo' qID 'e' luHar latlhpu'. HIq
> > lutlhutlh.
>
>(luHarDI', lugh'a'? ramchugh lut De'Hom, vImerlu'.)

DaH SoHvaD lutHommey vI'IqmoHbe'.

>(ngo'taHvIS logh Duj, raghchoHbej. pIj raSya' tengchaH <roj>
>ghorlu'taH, polHa'lu'pa'. 'oHDaq Dat mep Hum tu'lu'.)

jISovbe'pu'! jIqIDmeH mep Hum choljaHmey je vIlo'ta'.

> > jatlh ghutar. "wa'logh SeHlaw tI'meH mavjopmey lo' ghIrel 'e' vIbej."
> >
> > "SeHlawvetlh yIngu'!" jatlh vajar.
> >
> > "ngo'mo' Duj Hoch DInuD," jatlh qaH'eng. "ghorgh chen'a'?"
>
><ghorgh> ghelchugh, <-'a'> yIchelQo'.

Huj.

> > jatlh vajar, "wa'maH chorgh ben. ngo'qu'be'."
>
>DujDaj ngo' law' 'op negh qan puS. Ewww, that doesn't work at all. I
>can't call a ship {qan} without laughing, and I can't call a soldier
>{ngo'} without wincing.

I had exactly that difficulty in drafting ghutar's reply (at the 
beginning of the next 'ay'). That's likely where the strange grammar 
in the question came from, as I kept changing the sentence to set up 
the following ones.

>Speaking of {qan}, here's a thought that struck me this morning. When
>one person points a pinky finger at another, who is the {qanwI'}?

Awesome. bIlugh. qanmo' qanwI' qan qanwI' qanwI'.

> > If anyone wants to write either of the stories that vajar didn't tell here,
> > please do so with my blessing. Tomorrow is the last 'ay' in 'ay''a' Soch.
> > It's been kind of a long 'ay''a'. There will be a short break 
> before I start
> > sending 'ay''a' chorgh.
>
>vIlaDpa' jImImmo' lenvetlh vItu'be'.

'ay' Hut vIlaDchoHpa' qaloS.