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

[mayql qunenoS]

jIH:
> ravDaq pumpu'mo' bovetlh, QeHchoHpu' nov 'ej HoDma' qaDpu' ghaH.
SuStel:
> I wouldn't bother with {-pu'} on {QeHchoH}. {-choH} is itself a form of aspect
> though TKD doesn't call it that: it's the aspect of something not happening and
> then happening.

very interesting comment ! I hadn't thought of {-choH} being a form of
aspect, and now that you mention it, indeed it *feels* as another form
of aspect.

jIH:
> SaD bo Dabajchugh vaj qaSaw.
> if you earn a thousand feathers, I will marry you.
SuStel:
> Though I have seen exceptions, you generally want
> to use a number before a number-forming element.

thank you for pointing this out. I don't know why, but somehow I had
the misconception that both {SaD} and {SanID} can be used on their
own, without a number preceding them.

thank you SuStel !

mayqel mIv Hurgh qunnoq
death while standing is preferable to life while kneeling

On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 6:55 PM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:
> On 3/12/2016 11:14 AM, mayql qunenoS wrote:
>>
>> ghIchwIj luqotlhmo'pu' mIvlIj bo jIchuypu'.
>> because your helmet's feathers tickled my nose I sneezed.
>
>
> You got your suffixes in the wrong order: {luqotlhpu'mo'}.
>
>> ravDaq pumpu'mo' bovetlh, QeHchoHpu' nov 'ej HoDma' qaDpu' ghaH.
>> because that feather fell on the floor, the alien was angered and
>> challenged our captain.
>
>
> I wouldn't bother with {-pu'} on {QeHchoH}. {-choH} is itself a form of
> aspect, though TKD doesn't call it that: it's the aspect of something not
> happening and then happening.
>
> I understand that you mean to apply the {-pu'} to the {-choH}, but what's to
> stop me from interpreting it as applying to the {QeH}?
>
> Best to simply say {QeHchoH nov} "the alien becomes angry." Being angry
> isn't completed, even if the starting is completed.
>
>> SaD bo Dabajchugh vaj qaSaw.
>> if you earn a thousand feathers, I will marry you.
>
>
> Though I have seen exceptions, you generally want to use a number before a
> number-forming element. TKD even calls them "special number suffixes" in the
> section listing all the Klingon affixes.
>
>    wa'SaD bo Dabajchugh qaSaw
>
> --
> SuStel
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>
>
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