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

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> On Feb 1, 2016, at 11:25 AM, mayql qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> ok, I can't stop myself..
> 
> unless someone tells me to shut up, I will write random sentences with
> the word of the day.
> 
> qaStaHvIS jaj naQ vumqanglaw' 'ach qoqmey law' lInglaHbe'
> although he was willing to work the entire day, he was unable to
> produce many robots
> 
> toQDuj chu' lIngmeH, Huch 'Iq DIlpu' wo' 'a SIbI'Ha' toQDujvam lI'Ha'
> in order to produce the new bird of prey the empire paid a lot of
> money, however eventually this bird of prey was useless

Look at your word order for the last two words here. Is {toQDujvam} the subject or the object of {lI’Ha’}?

Also, the English says, “a lot of money” while the Klingon says “too much money”. These are not necessarily the same meaning.

> mu'tlheghmey QaQ lIngqang 'a tlhIbqu' ghaH
> he was willing to produce good sentences, however he was greatly incompetent.
> 
> cpt qunnoq
> 
> 
> On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 5:34 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:
>>> Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, February 01, 2016
>>> 
>>> Klingon word: lIng
>>> Part of speech: verb
>>> Definition: produce
>> 
>> AFAIK the verb has never been used, but the nomen agentis {lIngwI'} "generator" has:
>> 
>> HoS lIngwI'             power generator (n)
>> 
>>  HoS lIngwI' wIjuS
>>  We're passing a power generator. (CK)
>> 
>> pIvchem lIngwI'                 warp field generator (n)
>> 
>>  pIvchem lIngwI' DaHmey: cha'
>>  Warp Field Generation Arrays - 2 (KBoP)
>> 
>> pIvghor lIngwI'                 warp generator (n)
>> 
>>  pIvghor lIngwI' DaH
>>  warp generation array (KBoP)
>> 
>> 
>> SEE ALSO:
>> chenmoH                 build, form, make, create (v)
>> cher                    establish, set up (v)
>> 'ogh                    invent, devise (v)
>> 
>> woj choHwI'     reactor (n)
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Voragh
>> tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a'
>> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>> 
>> 
>> 
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