[Tlhingan-hol] The Legend of Gorath part 3

[Brad Wilson]

I'm not completely clear on which speech verbs use 'e' and which do not.
Does it depend on whether it's directly quoted speech or not.


{yIH vImuS ja'} "I hate tribbles, he said"
{yIH muS 'e' ja'} "He said that he hates tribbles"


Regarding noun-noun constructions, it would seem that a possessive should goes on the 2nd noun. {'Iw HIqDaj} sounds so much more correct than the macabre {'IwDaj HIq}.
I had written {HoSwIJ Hoch} but perhaps {HoS HochwIj} is more correct?
About the alternative {HoSwIj naQ}. Does the possessive go on the noun like that, or on the verb-adjective as in {HoS naQwIj} ?


>> pe'vIl roS jIvang.
> The purpose of {roS} here isn't clear
I have from HQ 10.2 that {pe'vIl roS} is an adverbial idiom to convey agile, nimble or spry.


Given that, I do prefer your rendering with nouns - the repetition is quite satisfying.
> SIQmeH Seghchaj 'Iq DowIj, 'Iq laHwIj, 'Iq QobwIj


I take your point about my use of {tlhop'a'}.
Are there any restrictions to placing noun suffixes on pronouns?
Could I say {SoH'a' tlhop} "in front of your greatness"?
How about belittling someone with {-Hom} on a pronoun?


>> HoSghajchu' 'e' vIvItchugh
I think what I meant to say was {HoSghajchu' 'e' DavItchugh} "If you tell the truth that he is so powerful"


You suggested {HoSghajchu' 'e' vIvoqchugh}, but {voq} doesn't sit quite right with me. How about {HoSghajchu' 'e' vIHarchugh} ?


As always, murach QaHlIj.
gheyIl
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