[Tlhingan-hol] qo''e' tu'bogh pagh - 'ay' cha'maH chorgh

De'vID jonpIn de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com
Sat Mar 10 13:45:42 PST 2012


De'vID:
>> bIjvam nob bo'DIjvam: naDevvo' rura' pente' cha'puj tlhIlHalDaq boluplu'.
>>  bIjvam ngajmoHlaHbe' vay'. motlh SuHeghpa' pa' SuratlhlI'.

Qov:
> I knew this meant "natural lives" because that's the phrase in English, but
> when I read the Klingon I get the idea that the judge is about to stipulate
> some condition under which they don't have to stay there.  I think skip the
> {motlh}, unless there's some clearer way to do it.

Well, we know from HQ 7.4 that {yIn} can take an object:
http://klingonska.org/canon/1998-12-holqed-07-4.txt

So perhaps {Hegh} does too, and {Hegh motlh boHeghpa' pa' SuratlhlI'}
would work.  Or recast as {rInpa' yInraj motlh...}.

-- 
De'vID



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