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

[SuStel]

On 2/1/2016 6:45 AM, David Joslyn wrote:
> On 1/31/2016 4:35 PM, jatlh Qov:
>> It's tough sometimes when you're a beginner and there is so much
>> grammar and vocabulary out there, that when you try to write even a
>> simple sentence you get tangled up and can't get anything right.
>> First off, the BG and the 'utlhpu' (ex BGs) all know this, and are
>> eager to help you untangle it one strand at a time, but a
>> discussion I had with our current BG 'arHa made me want to try
>> something, to make it a little easier. Thanks to qurgh, here's your
>> word of the day ....
>>
>>> From: qurgh lungqIj [mailto:qurgh at wizage.net]
>>> Klingon word: ngem
>>> Part of speech: noun
>>> Definition: forest, woods
>>> Source: TKD (98 KE, 134 EK, 161 EK)
>> And here are some sentences using the word:
>
> ngem ghIj puq.
> The child scares the forest. [!]
>
> puq ghIj ngem.
> The forest scares the child.
>
> ngem leghvIp puq.
> {legh} means "see", but I could not find {-vIp}, so I can't make sense
> of the sentence.

{-vIp} is a type 2 verb suffix. See TKD section 4.2.2.

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