[Tlhingan-hol] Concerning the purpose clauses

[Steven Boozer]

I have only one example of {mIm} in my notes:

 mImQo'
  Do not delay. (MO’s ST5 notes [HQ 8.4])

This seems to refer to the message to the Bird of Prey which DloraH quotes below.  Oddly, it’s the only clipped verb in the message; the other imperatives have the {yI-} prefix.


From: André Müller [mailto:esperantist at gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 3:41 PM

Interesting. I don't have any example for {mIm} in my notes. Maybe it appeared in that Sonnet or in Monopoly? I apparently didn't get all the sentences from there, yet. Do you remember the source of this sentence? And what is it in Klingon? {yImImQo'!}, {pemImQo'!}? I'd like to add it to my notes...

2015-11-11 22:34 GMT+01:00 Will Martin <lojmitti7wi7nuv at gmail.com<mailto:lojmitti7wi7nuv at gmail.com>>:
The point here is that I had noted a canon example of {mIm} being used with no direct object. “Do not delay." That doesn’t prove that it can’t be used with a direct object, though. Does anyone have a canon example of {mIm} being used with a direct object?

It seems like a reasonable gloss for having a direct object, but you never know… It could be that you’d have to say {Qu’ yImImmoHQo’} instead of {Qu’ yImImQo’}.


On Nov 10, 2015, at 1:36 PM, DloraH <seruq at bellsouth.net<mailto:seruq at bellsouth.net>> wrote:

you took away my shoes in order to delay me
chomImmeH waqmeywIj Dange'


If someone has their issues of HolQeD handy, I have a note in
my dictionary about volume 8, number 4, page 11 relating to
the verb {mIm}. I apparently interpreted that to mean the
verb did not take an object. Until I can read that passage,
however, I can't see a reason to correct this one.

The page is giving the Klingon from ST V.

tlh'a' HoD, nIm-buS wej yI-ghoS.  vub-pu' jon-ta' HeS-wI'.  wa' vub ghaH tlhI-ngan ghar-wI'-'e'.
wa' ghaH te-ra'-ngan-'e'.  mIm-Qo'.  DaH He-raj yI-choH.  batlh tlhI-ngan Segh yI-Hub.  Qap-la'.

"Captain Klaa, proceed to Nimbus III.  A criminal has succeeded in taking hostages.  One hostage is
a Klingon diplomat.  One is a Terran.  One is a Romulan.  Do not delay.  Alter your course now.
Defend the Klingon race with honor.  Success."

(The Klingon did not include any mention of the Romulan hostage.)


- DloraH



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