[Tlhingan-hol] KLBC: -Daq, and pronouns with -taH

[Christa Hansberry]

Pardon my ignorance, but what does the bit about the shiny nose mean?

-QISta'

On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 2:28 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:

> > Am 15.04.2016 um 16:45 schrieb Steven Boozer:
> > > It may be more style than grammar, but it seems you don't add {-taH}
> > > to the pronoun following {nuqDaq}:
> >
> > > *nuqDaq bIH*
> > > [/Where are they/? (untranslated)] (ST6)
>
> Another example of {nuqDaq PRONOUN} in TalkNow!:
>
>   nuqDaq bIH leng buqmey'e'
>   Where are the suitcases? TNK
>
> Lieven:
> > Another example to be added here, just for reference, is the phrase
> {naDev
> > bIHtaH} "here they are" from one of the tapes. (it was in a payment
> scene:
> > "give me 5,000 credits")
>
> It's from "Power Klingon":
>
> KLINGON:        nuqneH?
>                 What do you want?
>
> TERRAN: cha'pujqutmey vIje' vIneHbej.
>                 I definitely want to buy dilithium crystals.
>
> KLINGON:        jIyaj.  HItlhej!
>                 I understand. Come with me!
>
> KLINGON:        naDev bIHtaH.  cha'SaD DeQ.
>                 Here they are. 2,000 credits.
>
> KLINGON:        tugh!  bIDIlbe'chugh vaj bIHegh!
>                 Hurry up! Pay or die!
>
> TERRAN: bIjatlh 'e' yImev!  vIneHbej.
>                 Shut up! I DEFINITELY want them.
>
> TERRAN: <<ghIchwIj DabochmoHchugh ghIchlIj qanob.>>
>                 "If you shine my nose, I will give you your nose."
>
> KLINGON:        batlh malja' DaHuq.
>                 You transact business honorably.
>
> {bIHtaH} is referring to the crystals and not the credits, but your point
> is the same.
>
>
> --
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>
>
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