[Tlhingan-hol] KLCP 1 vocab practice...

[Christa Hansberry]

Thank you!

>QISta':
>> ben law' poS ghop maSbogh nuv nugh cherlu'.
>> Many years ago a left-handers' society was established ("left's hand
>> preferring people's society" — is there a better way of saying that?)

De'vID:
>Whenever you have {-bogh nuv}, consider {-wI'}. Although, it's not
>clear to me that "people who prefer left hands" are left-handers.

It wasn't clear to me either :-(. Maybe Klingons don't put so much emphasis
on things like that as we do?

>QISta':
>> Dach matHa'mo' Hegh Hoch Duj beqpu'.
>> Because the gunman was absent all the ship's crewmen died.

De'vID:
{Dachmo' matHa'} "because the gunner was absent", or {matHa' Dachmo'}
"because of the absent gunner".

Agh! I need to be more careful! :-P

-QISta'

On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 10:08 AM, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Since this thread isn't marked KLBC and it's been a few days, I'll reply.
>
> QISta':
> > rut qIj qanwI'wIj 'e' vItu'.
> > I notice that sometimes my pinkie is black. (could one say {qIj qanwI'wIj
> > rut 'e' vItu'} to say that the noticing is sometimes, rather than the
> > blackness?)
>
> HIja'.
>
> rut qIj qanwI'wIj. 'e' vItu'. = sometimes my pinky is black; I notice that.
> qIj qanwI'wIj. rut 'e' vItu'. = my pinky is black; sometimes I notice that.
>
> QISta':
> > ben law' poS ghop maSbogh nuv nugh cherlu'.
> > Many years ago a left-handers' society was established ("left's hand
> > preferring people's society" — is there a better way of saying that?)
>
> Whenever you have {-bogh nuv}, consider {-wI'}. Although, it's not
> clear to me that "people who prefer left hands" are left-handers.
>
> QISta':
> > Dach matHa'mo' Hegh Hoch Duj beqpu'.
> > Because the gunman was absent all the ship's crewmen died.
>
> {Dachmo' matHa'} "because the gunner was absent", or {matHa' Dachmo'}
> "because of the absent gunner".
>
> --
> De'vID
>
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