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

[lojmIt tI'wI' nuv]

While what you say is technically true, unless context strongly suggests "from" most Klingon speakers would interpret {HIghoS} alone as "Approach me." Literally, it means something like, "Progress along the 'me' path," without saying which direction you should travel, but most commonly, paths are named after their destination. 

All three of the following are valid ways of saying the same thing:

HIghoS.
jIH HIghoS.
jIHDaq HIghoS.

None of them are superior to the other. The redundancy of some is not bad or necessary. It is optional. 

The only way to clearly say "Go from me," using {ghoS} is {jIHvo' HIghoS} or {jIHvo' yIghoS}. While the latter is a little odd, it is valid since you can {ghoS} without a direct object and the meaning of {-vo'} is clear enough. Doing the same with {-Daq} is weirder because it suggests that {jIH} is a zone large enough to contain the entire path. 

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lojmIt tI'wI' nuv

> On Feb 25, 2016, at 4:35 AM, mayql qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> jIH :
>> jIHDaq HIghoS
> 'arHa' :
>> To me, approach me
> 
> Your translation 'arHa' confuses me and I would like to discuss it..
> The {jIHDaq HIghoS} means <To me, approach me>, or just <approach me>
> ? The verb {ghoS} can mean either <approach> or <go away from>
> depending on the presence of nouns with the suffixes {-Daq} and
> {-vo'}. The way to use ghoS (v) and other verbs of movement are
> described in HQ 7.4, p.2-12, Dec. 1998. Therefore I don't think that
> the translation of the {jIHDaq HIghoS} is <To me, approach me> (which
> would make the {jIHDaq} appear redundant, but just <approach me>. The
> {jIHDaq} not only it isn't redundant, but it is necessary to specify
> that the meaning of {HIghoS} is <approach me> and not <go away from
> me>.
> 
> mayqel mIv Hurgh qunnoq
> 
>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 7:23 AM, Robyn Stewart <robyn at flyingstart.ca> wrote:
>> vIlajQo’ jIH.  {vaHvo’ pu’HIch lel} boqelqangbe’’a’?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: Ed Bailey [mailto:bellerophon.modeler at gmail.com]
>> Sent: February 24, 2016 20:46
>> Cc: tlhIngan Hol mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] KLBC: Beginner's One-Sentence Story Game
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> jatlh 'arHa'
>> 
>> pu'HIchDaj vaHHa'choH be'. "SuvwI' jIH 'e' DalIj!"
>> 
>> 
>> The woman unholstered a phaser pistol. "You forget I am a warrior!" (AFAIK
>> {vaH} is only a noun, but I like this because [1] Klingons mess with grammar
>> for effect, and this is effective, and [2] wotvaD DIp lo'lu'bogh lajrup
>> tlhIngan 'e' vIpIH.)
>> 
>> qaStaHvIS vagh lup veb, meH buy'moHtaH pu' tIHmey, nISwI' tIHmey, meQbogh
>> Ha'DIbaH pIw je.
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> mIp'av yergho
>> bu''a'
>> baHwI'
>> IKAV chuch 'etlh
>> 
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