[Tlhingan-hol] qepHom students wish list

[Lieven]

qepHom 2015, p. 12

-------------
LL: The students of the qepHom in Saarbrücken were given a chance to
forward a wish for a word to Maltz, through Marc Okrand. Maltz could not 
answer all of them, but he provided some really interesting words – 
starting with the word for the "wish list", which is chabal tetlh.

MO: chabal is "something desired or requested". There also is a verb "to 
wish", as in "I wish I could…" jIn.

tlhIngan jIH 'e' vIjIn
I wish I were a Klingon.

LL: In German, the verb "wish" can have an indirect object, which sounds 
awkward in english "I wish myself a beer". Would that work in Klingon: 
wornagh vIjIn?

MO: No, that's something you want: Like in english, you either say "I 
wish I had a beer" or just "I want a beer". The verb jIn cannot have a 
thing as an object.

LL: What about the song "We wish you a merry Christmas..."?

MO: That's a different wish; that's not this one. It's more the -jaj 
solution. jIn usually has a phrase as an object, not a thing.

LL: One qepHom student asked for a word of the piece of leftover of an 
apple, the inside part you do not eat. (It's not the typical "leftover" 
chuv, because that's left over food. The center of an apple is no food.)
The German word for that is "Grutzen", although few people know it. I 
think it's only regional.

MO: The Klingon word for core (of an apple, for example) is SuqSIv.

LL: Is this restricted to fruit, or can this also be used for the core 
of a planet, or the sun?

MO: Yes, it could be the core of anything, the inside of something (but 
of course not the core of a group, which we know is qolqoS). It doesn't 
have to be a fruit, and it doesn't have be something that you throw away.

LL: Another student wanted to know a word for "building element" or 
"construction part", maybe even "components", which are elements of 
models or maquettes (but certainly also larger things). These are 
sometimes made of hundreds of small parts.

MO: Maltz said you can use the word 'ay' for any kind of (building) element,
(construction) part, and even (Lego) pieces.

LL: Somebody asked if the word chabHom can be used for cookies (the ones 
you can eat), or if there is a different word.

MO: chabHom is fine as a general term for a cookie (food). A bIQyIn is a 
specific type of chabHom that's sort of two chabHommey stuck together. 
They're on top of each other, like a sandwich.

LL: Like a sandwich... Maltz didn't mention the word sandwich being 
called a HIlel?

MO: Maltz never said that - Mark Shoulson said that! (laughs out loud)
------------

-- 
Lieven L. Litaer
aka Quvar valer 'utlh
Grammarian of the KLI
http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher
http://www.klingonwiki.net