[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ba'

[mayql qunenoS]

QISta':
> Another two-in-one, as I was sick yesterday

tugh bIpIvchoHjaj, QISta' !
may you become healthy soon, QISta' !

mayqel mIv Hurgh qunnoq

On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 7:46 PM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:
> On 3/10/2016 2:46 PM, chransberry at gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> quSDaq ba'taHvIS Qub ghu, "'Iw rur Sutra'ber naH vIychorgh. jItInchoHDI'
>> Hoch vIcharghta'!"
>> Sitting in the chair, the baby thought, "Strawberry juice resembles
>> blood. When I get big, I will conquer everything!"
>
>
> I suggest removing the {-ta'} at the end. With it, it says "I will have
> conquered everything," as if it will be completed at the time you become
> big. Presumably, when you become big you will begin your campaign. But
> you're not really talking about BEGINNING the conquering; you're just saying
> that you WILL conquer. Thus, no {-ta'} (and no {-choH}).
>
> Otherwise, this works for me. I suggest reordering the beginning thus:
> {quSDaq ba'taHvIS ghu Qub, ...} "while the baby was sitting on the chair it
> thought,..." I suggest this because once I've finished reading the clause
> {quSDaq ba'taHvIS} I still have no idea who's sitting. The way you wrote it
> isn't wrong, but I find it easier to parse each clause separately and know
> who all the players are when I finish each.
>
> --
> SuStel
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>
>
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