[Tlhingan-hol] vIghro' chuS

[mayqel qunenoS]

maj voragh !

in posts like these I understand why some people are grammarians,
while others (like me) are pitiful excuses for a klingonist..

qunnoq HoD

On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 7:28 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:
> QeS 'utlh:
>> > Do'Ha'qu', tunmo' vIghro'wIj 'ej ghunmo'.
>
> Qunnoq:
>> please someone tell me that the {Do'Ha'qu'} is a verb, because if it is
>> the adverb {Do'Ha'} with the {-qu'} attached, I will explode !
>
>
> It is and QeS is using it as an exclamation with "no overt subject": i.e. "That's quite unfortunate."  E.g.
>
> (KGT 155):  Often, the word is used with no overt subject, as if an exclamation: {natlh} ("It is objectionable," or "That is shameful"; literally, "It consumes"). Nonslang counterparts, none of which carries the impact of {natlh}, might be {quv Hutlh} (lack honor), {qab} (be bad), or {Do'Ha'} (be unfortunate). voice disapproval."
>
> (KGT 164f.):  {SaS} is also used as an exclamation to express disapproval, comparable to the standard {Do'Ha'} (unfortunate). For example, upon hearing that a ship has been destroyed, one may say simply {SaS} (literally, "horizontal" but suggesting "That's bad, that's unfortunate").
>
> Do'             be fortunate, be lucky (v)
>
>   maDo'choH
>   We are becoming lucky.
>   We are undergoing a turn of luck. TKD
>
>   bach Do', qaH
>   A lucky shot, sir... ST3
>
>   maDo'chugh QeHchoH wa'
>   If we're lucky, one will get angry. CK
>
> Do'Ha'          be unfortunate, be unlucky (v)
>
>   Do'Ha'
>   [It is] Unfortunate. ST3
>
>   De' lI' Sovlu'DI' chaq Do'Ha'
>   Knowledge of useful information may be unfortunate. PK
>
>   DaDo'Ha'moHlu'
>   You've been made unlucky.
>   Someone/something causes you to be unlucky). KGT
>
>
>
> --
> Voragh
> tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a'
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>
>
>
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