[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ghel

[SuStel]

On 6/17/2016 12:20 PM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
> {qaStaHvIS jar bIr, jIHvaD pagh qay'wI' tu'lu'. 'a qaSchoHtaHvISDI'
> jar tuj, ghe''or rur yaHwIj}.
>
> My intended meaning was "while the cold months were happening, for me
> there was no problem, but while the hot months begun to happen my
> office resembled hell".

Ouch! You've got two type 9 suffixes on that second *qaS,* and most of 
those suffixes aren't necessary anyway.

Does your office resemble Hell only when the hot months /start/ to 
happen? Does it resemble Hell /at the time/ the hot months happen? No, 
it resembles Hell /while/ the hot months happen. Use only *qaStaHvIS.*

You can also improve the bit with *qay'* like so: *qaStaHvIS jarmey bIr 
jIHvaD qay'be'*/during the cold months, they [the cold months] were not 
a problem for me./ Without an indication to the contrary, it is most 
natural to assume the subject of the first clause is also the elided 
subject of the second clause.

-- 
SuStel
http://trimboli.name

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