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

[mayql qunenoS]

Qov:
> If this means that you tried to remember 'agh without looking it up, then majQa'.

yes indeed ! thanks ! the word just came to my mind, so I went on and wrote it..

jIH:
> mojaq'e' lutuchbogh DaghItlhvIp 'e' wIHar
Qov:
> You know that the -'e' there is not required, right?  It puts extra emphasis
> on mojaq, such that I'd translate the sentence

hmm.. interesting. I hadn't thought of the possibility that adding an
{-'e'} which isn't needed could alter the meaning. To confess my sin,
I like adding the {-'e'}, because I like the way it looks. (It sounds
strange I know..) If I could, I would be adding the {-'e'} everywhere
! But now that you showed me, that apart from unnecessary and
redundant, it could alter the meaning too, I will be more careful from
now on.

thank you very much for your comments Qov !

mayqel mIv Hurgh qunnoq
eat everything or you'll die without honor

On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 6:58 PM,  <qov at kli.org> wrote:
>> tlhIngan Hol DajatlhlaH DaneHchugh, vaj mojaq DaghojnIS.
>> tlhIngan Hol lujatlhlaHmeH cha' ghojwI'vetlh, reH mojaq HaD.
>> mu'tlhegh Daj DaghItlhlaH DaneHchugh, vaj reH mojaq DaHaDqang net
> poQ.[Robyn Stewart]
>
> bochmoHwI' SoHlaw'.  maj.  :-)
>
>> reH tlhIngan Hol mojaq maghbeH janvetlh nov.
>> that alien machine is always ready to reveal the klingon suffixes.
>
> pegh bIH'a'? <magh> is betray. I suspect you meant 'agh. If this means that
> you tried to remember 'agh without looking it up, then majQa'.  Weird
> vocabulary mistakes are actually a sign of progress, because it means the
> student is pulling words out of his or her head, not dictionary or device.
>
>> mojaq'e' lutuchbogh DaghItlhvIp 'e' wIHar.
>
> You know that the -'e' there is not required, right?  It puts extra emphasis
> on mojaq, such that I'd translate the sentence:
>
> We believe it's the prefix they forbade which you're afraid to write.
> or
> We believe you're afraid to write the very prefix which they forbade.
>
>> mojaq muj lo'pu' 'e' tlhojDI' ghaH, SIbI' tor ghaH 'ej pung tlhobtaH.
>
> batlh vang.
>