[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: vem

[mayql qunenoS]

> tera' vatlh DIS poH cha'maH loS bong QongmeH qItI'nga' Duj tI'ang
> ghompu' DIvI' 'ejDo' 'entepray'.

Sentences like this drive me crazy. Can someone explain what the jay'
{tI'ang} is doing in this sentence ?

Without it we have a nice "at earth century (go figure) accidentally
the sleeper ship (who cares) is encountered by the starship yadda
yadda. The {tI'ang} does what exactly ? What's it's role there ?
Furthermore, why the english translation lacks the word accidentally ?
And why does it say "A sleeper ship of this [K'Tinga] class" ? Where
in the original klingon sentence is the "this" expressed ?
Last but not least.. The english translation goes "24th century".
According to TKD, we have {wa'DIch} "first" {cha'DIch} "second"
{HutDIch} "ninth" ; So for "24th" we should have {cha'maH loSDIch}. If
we indeed had this, I would be ok with {vatlh DIS poH cha'maH
loSDIch}. But now we have {vatlh DIS poH cha'maH loS} which according
to TKD translates to "century number 24".

Either there is grammar here I'm missing, or this sentence and
subsequent translation were written with total disregard to those who
would actually want to learn this language.

And now I remember seeing a sentence - not so long ago - which started
with {rIntaH}. But that's another story altogether.

tlhIngan Hol vIHaDchoHtaHDI', *canon* mu'tlhegh vIHaDqangQo' ;
meqvammo', DaH *canon* mu'tlhegh vIHaDqangbe'taH. nIQaHnIS *canon*
mu'tlhegh. nImISmoHnISbe' *canon* mu'tlhegh.

mIv Hurgh qunnoq
you have some stuffed to'baj leg in your teeth

On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 5:23 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:
>> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, April 14, 2016
>>
>> Klingon word: vem
>> Part of speech: verb
>> Definition: wake up, cease sleeping
>
>   bIQongtaHvIS nItlhejchugh targhmey bIvemDI' nItlhej ghIlab ghewmey
>   If you sleep with *targs*, you'll wake up with glob flies. TKW
>
> vemmoH                  wake (someone) up (v)
>
>   qanjIt qan vemmoH moratlh, vavDaj ghaH qanjIt'e'
>   Morath wakes his father, the old Kanjit PB
>
>
> *{vemmeH Daq}   awakening point (?)
>
> K'Ehleyr said that the 23rd century sleeper ship T'Ong would soon reach its "awakening point" (TNG "The Emissary"):
>
>   tera' vatlh DIS poH cha'maH loS bong QongmeH qItI'nga' Duj tI'ang
>     ghompu' DIvI' 'ejDo' 'entepray'
>   A sleeper ship of this [K'Tinga] class, the T'Ong, was encountered
>     in the 24th century by the USS Enterprise. (S15)
>
> Its mission was never stated, but after the crew revived Captain K'temoc was intent on returning to Kronos quickly instead of attacking nearby Federation outposts (TNG "The Emissary").  Some have speculated that he had intelligence about the Borg threat.
>
>
> SEE ALSO:
> Doy'                    be tired (v)
> leS                     rest, relax (v)
> Dum                     nap (v)
> Qong                    sleep (v)
> vul                     be unconscious (v)
> vulchoH                 faint (v)
> vong                    hypnotize (v)
> naj                     dream (v)
>
>
> N.B. do not confuse with the new noun {vem} "print, mark, tracks, image, pattern (left in the dirt from stepping on it)" (cf. qepHom 2015 p.20).
>
>
> --
> Voragh
> tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a'
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>
>
>
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