[tlhIngan Hol] Noone left to tickle

[mayqel qunenoS]

De'vID:
> Did you also understand how {qotlh} is being used in the second sentence?
> {chaq dog Daqotlh 'e' Daqotlhbe'. vay' qotlhlu' 'e' bajnISlu'}

At first I was confused, but finally I realized that in the second
sentence it means "to deserve".

qunnoH

On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 8:43 AM, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11 October 2016 at 17:27, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
>> De'vID:
>>> vay' qotlhlu' 'e' bajnISlu'.*
>>> *If you think {net} should be used here instead of {'e'}, good eye,
>>> and also see TKW p.125.
>>
>> Indeed I remember, that instead of {yadda yadda 'e' Xlu'} we say
>> {yadda yadda net X}.
>
> Did you also understand how {qotlh} is being used in the second sentence?
> {chaq dog Daqotlh 'e' Daqotlhbe'. vay' qotlhlu' 'e' bajnISlu'.}
>
>> Now, I went to TKW p.125 and read the examples:
>>
>> {yInlu'taH 'e' bajnISlu'}
>> Survival must be earned.
>>
>> {yay chavlu' 'e' bajnISlu'.}
>> Victory must be earned.
>>
>> And noticed that these examples obviously contradict the rule we're
>> talking about. But I guess this is happening because (as we've said in
>> the past), a lot of phrases in TKW don't follow standard klingon
>> grammar.
>>
>> Is there anything else I need to observe/learn from these examples ?
>
> Only that (as Voragh has elaborated on with his examples) that what
> TKD says is good Klingon grammar isn't 100% followed in practice.
>
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> De'vID
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