[Tlhingan-hol] KLBC: Beginner's One-Sentence Story Game

[John R. Harness]

ghIq, jang HoD.. mumISqu'moH mu'meylIj ; chovaq'a' ?
Then, the captain replied: "Your words make me very confused; Do you mock
me?"

jatlh be': "qavaqbe' jIH! tej jIH!"

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-vaD does mean "for the benefit of." But with verbs of speaking it is
simply used to mark the one being talked to. (I.e., it marks the indirect
object.)


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On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 3:42 AM, mayql qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:

> 'arHa':
> > be'vaD jatlh: "SuvaQHa'mo', jonta'Daq yIHmey tu'lu'!"
> QISta':
> > To a woman he said, "Because you were wrongly vigorous (?)
>
> The way I understand this, {SuvaQHa'mo'} means either <because you
> aren't aggressive/effective> or <because you're aggressive/effective
> in a wrong/inefficient way>. I tend toward the latter explanation,
> because 'arHa used the suffix {-Ha'} and not {-be'}.. Also I would
> like to add that the suffix {-vaD} on the word {be'} confuses me ; The
> captain obviously accuses the woman of not being effective so what is
> said isn't actually something for the benefit of the woman. Unless of
> course the point of his words was for the woman to correct herself.
>
> Be that as it may..
>
> QISta':
> > jatlh be': "uuuuu! SoS 'oH yIHwIj'e'! yIHmey 'IH law'!"
> the woman said : uuuuu! my tribble is mother ! many beautiful tribbles !
>
> ghIq, jang HoD.. mumISqu'moH mu'meylIj ; chovaq'a' ?
>
> On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 7:04 AM, chransberry at gmail.com
> <chransberry at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>be'vaD jatlh: "SuvaQHa'mo', jonta'Daq yIHmey tu'lu'!"
> >
> > To a woman he said, "Because you were wrongly vigorous (?), there are
> > tribbles in the engine!"
> >
> > jatlh be': "uuuuu! SoS 'oH yIHwIj'e'! yIHmey 'IH law'!"
> >
> > -QISta' (be' maw')
> >
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> >
> > -----Original message-----
> >
> > From: "John R. Harness" <cartweel at gmail.com>
> > To: "tlhingan-hol at kli.org" <tlhingan-hol at kli.org>
> > Sent: Thu, Feb 18, 2016 20:28:54 GMT+00:00
> > Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] KLBC: Beginner's One-Sentence Story Game
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