[Tlhingan-hol] Month sentences

[Gaerfindel]

I always thought they were puns on "wax" and "wane."

~quljIb

On 2/26/2015 5:36 PM, Robyn Stewart wrote:
>
> Yes, I have waQ and wen in the sentences, but you’ll have to explain 
> the puns for me. I’ve been saying them over and over again and nothing 
> twigs. I think I initially remembered ‘way back when’ and ‘a whack of 
> time from now’.
>
> - Qov
>
> *From:*Steven Boozer [mailto:sboozer at uchicago.edu]
> *Sent:* February 26, 2015 6:36
> *To:* tlhingan-hol at kli.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Month sentences
>
> Robyn Stewart:
> > Here’s what I have so far to retrain the Hub system on “month.”...
>
> I don’t remember if you mentioned it before, but don’t forget to add 
> {waQ} and {wen}  to the mix:
>
> IMO, HQ 8.3:  Another pair of words of this type refers to months: 
> {wen} “months ago”, {waQ} “months from now”. Thus, {loSwen} is “four 
> months ago” and {wa'waQ} is “next month” (one month from now).
>
> They’re two of my favorite Okrandian puns/mnemonics.
>
> --
>
> Voragh
>
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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