[Tlhingan-hol] 'arDIch

[Robyn Stewart]

The issue is that "alright" is not considered a real word in standard English.

At 02:14 '?????' 1/26/2013, you wrote:
> >>>> «'arDIch» seems like an alright construction to me.
> >>> This sentence amuses me greatly.
> >>
> >> meq vIyajbe'. HIchuH!
> > mujmo' DIvI' Hol, jey'egh mu'tlhegh.
>
>qar'a'? mumee ngoDvam! chay' jIQaghpu'?
>
>________________________________________
>From: Robyn Stewart [robyn at flyingstart.ca]
>Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 23:58
>To: tlhIngan-Hol
>Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] 'arDIch
>
>On 2013-01-25, at 13:10, Felix Malmenbeck <felixm at kth.se> wrote:
>
> >> But would you say 'arDIch jIH? or jIH 'arDIch?
> >
> > Both of those would give me pause. As mu'mey 
> ru', I suppose either could work, but I'd 
> probably just pay for the extra syllable and 
> ask {mujeyta' 'ar?}. ({patlh 'arDIch?} might 
> also get the message across; supposedly, it'd 
> be a trunctated form of somethng like {patlh 'arDIch vIchavpu'?}.)
> >
> >>> «'arDIch» seems like an alright construction to me.
> >> This sentence amuses me greatly.
> >
> > meq vIyajbe'. HIchuH!
>
>mujmo' DIvI' Hol, jey'egh mu'tlhegh.
>
> >
> > ________________________________________
> > From: Robyn Stewart [robyn at flyingstart.ca]
> > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 21:55
> > To: tlhIngan-Hol
> > Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] 'arDIch
> >
> > As a mu' ru' in English, "the how-manyth?" 
> would be understood, but different 
> context-sensitive solutions need to be found.
> >
> > E.g. [a race finish] "What's my place?"
> >
> > But would you say 'arDIch jIH? or jIH 'arDIch?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 2013-01-25, at 7:49, Lieven <levinius at gmx.de> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> This is interesting - from an english point 
> of view it sounds strange to say "the 
> how-many-est", but in German, it's completely normal to say "der wievielte".
> >>
> >> I would accept {'arDIch} just like 
> {'arlogh}. {'arDIch} sounds logic and will be 
> understood. As long as Maltz doesn't say no, why should we?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Lieven L. Litaer
> >> aka Quvar valer 'utlh
> >> http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher
> >>
> >>
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