[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: jeS

André Müller esperantist at gmail.com
Wed Jul 20 07:55:04 PDT 2016


{bIlopqu'meH} is not a finite clause, it's part of a larger sentence, which
already contains the imperative prefix {yI-}. It hasn't been stated
anywhere, according to my knowledge, but I think verbs in {-meH} cannot
have imperative agreement prefixes on them. In other words: it's not "Come
to Hilton so that: Celebrate the grand opening!", but "Come to Hilton so
that you celebrate the grand opening!" - only one imperative is needed.

- André

2016-07-20 16:47 GMT+02:00 mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com>:

> > laS veghaS HIltonDaq <Hov leng: yIjeSchu'> qaSchoHmo',
> > bIlopqu'meH HIlton yIghoS
> > Come celebrate the grand opening of "Star Trek: The
> > Experience" at the Las Vegas Hilton. STX
>
> since the translation goes "come to celebrate *the* grand opening", I
> would expect {yIlopqu'meH} instead of {bIlopqu'meH}.
>
> mop Hurgh
>
> On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 5:36 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu>
> wrote:
> >> Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, July 20, 2016
> >>
> >> Klingon word: jeS
> >> Part of speech: verb
> >> Definition: participate
> >
> >   laS veghaS HIltonDaq <Hov leng: yIjeSchu'> qaSchoHmo',
> >     bIlopqu'meH HIlton yIghoS
> >   Come celebrate the grand opening of "Star Trek: The
> >     Experience" at the Las Vegas Hilton. STX
> >
> >   tera' vatlh DIS poH cha'maH loS bIyIn jeSlaHpa' Hoch
> >   Be the first to journey to the 24th century. STX
> >
> > SEE:
> > muv             join (v)
> > SaH             be present (not absent) (v)
> > Dach            be absent (v)
> >
> > qep             meeting (n)
> > qep'a'          conference (n)
> > wanI'           event, occurrence (n)
> >
> > SEE ALSO:
> >
> >   qaStaHvIS wanI'vam yIDachQo'
> >   Don't miss this event!  WSC
> >
> > And before anyone asks:
> >
> > STX = the ""Star Trek: The Experience" communique
> > WSC = Washington Shakespeare Company's "By Any Other Name:
> >       An Evening of Shakespeare in Klingon" (2010)
> >
> >
> > --
> > Voragh
> > tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a'
> > Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
> >
> >
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