[Tlhingan-hol] qep'a' New Vocabulary

[Agnieszka Solska]

Qov:

 

> Let the English
professors now provide examples of 

> hyperbole,
figurative speech, and exaggeration which 

> could not be
classed as metaphor.

 

'angghal:

 

> Similes are
probably the most obvious thing to point to. 

> We can do
Similes easily enough using *rur*, but these will 

> not be
Metaphors.

 

'op latlh:

 

irony:

 

DoS qIp 'e nID baHwI'.


pu' Qeq. bach 'ach DoS
qIpbe'.

baHwI'vaD jatlh HoD:
*majQa'! bIqIpchu'! baHwI' nIv SoHba'.* 

 

litotes (understatement):

 

DoSmey law'qu' qIpnIS
baHwI'. 

nom vIHmo' DoSmey Qatlhqu'
qIpmeH Qu'. 

bachchoH baHwI' 'ej
tugh Hoch DoS qIpchu'. 

baHwI'vaD jatlh HoD:
*qabbe' laHlIj.*

 

hyperbole:

 

cha' DoS qIpnIS baHwI'.


qaStaHvIS poH nI' cha'
DoSvam qIp 'e' nID 'ach qIplaHbe'. 

tagha' Qap. 
ghIq
mIy, jatlh: *baHwI' nIv jIH. DaHjaj
wa' SaD DoSmey vIqIpchu'!*

 

idiom:

 

cha' DoS qIpnIS baHwI'.


qaStaHvIS poH nI' cha'
DoSvam qIp 'e' nID 'ach qIplaHbe'. 

tagha' Qap. 
ghIq
mIy, jatlh: baHwI' nIv jIH. DaHjaj
wa' SaD DoSmey vIqIpchu'!

baHwI'vaD jatlh HoD:
*bo'Dagh'a' Dalo'ba'*.

 

pun:

 

'Iqchugh vay' qIDmey
vaj vay'vam qotlhlu' 'e' qotlh vay'vam.

(Those who tell
too many jokes deserve to be tickled.)


?Sorlu'taHvIS (Literally
speaking): 
"If someone's jokes are too numerous then that someone deserves
to be tickled." 

 

qotlh 1: "to
tickle”

qotlh 2: "to
deserve"

 

'ISqu'