[tlhIngan Hol] Vanitas Vanitatum et Omnia Vanitas

[mayqel qunenoS]

SuStel:
> This effect can be achieved with *'op ret yIn*
*> Hoch nuvvam**some time ago each of these*
*> people lived.*

hmm.. this english translation of {Hoch nuvvam} confuses me; the way I
understand it, it means "each this person". ?!?!?

qunnoH
ghogh HablI'wIjvo' vIngeHta'

On 7 Oct 2016 4:22 p.m., "Steven Boozer" <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:

> Examples of {Hoch NOUN [singular]}:
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> *puqloDwI' le'qu', Hoch jaj choquvmoH *
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> My dearest son, each day you redeem me. (Frasier)
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> Sometimes {Hoch NOUN} is translated as “every NOUN”:
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> *DujDaj HubtaHvIS Hegh 'e' tul Hoch tlhIngan*
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> To die defending his ship is the hope of every Klingon. TKW
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> *Qu'Daj ta'taHvIS Hegh 'e' tul Hoch tlhIngan*
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> To die in the line of duty is the hope of every Klingon. TKW
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> *wo' toy'taHvIS Hegh 'e' tul Hoch tlhIngan*
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> To die while serving the Empire is the hope of every Klingon. TKW
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> *Hoch nuH yIqel*!
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> Consider every weapon!
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> (*idiom*: "Consider every possibility!") KGT
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> *Hoch DuH yIqel*
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> Consider every possibility! KGT
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> --
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> Voragh
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> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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> *On Behalf Of *SuStel
> *Sent:* Friday, October 07, 2016 7:57 AM
>
> On 10/7/2016 2:13 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
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> jIQub: 'op ret yIn nuvpu'vam Hoch wa'.
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>
> The intented meaning was "I was thinking: some time ago, each one of
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> these people was living (alive)".
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> This effect can be achieved with *'op ret yIn Hoch nuvvam** some time ago
> each of these people lived.*
>
> When you use *Hoch* in front of a noun, if that noun lacks a plural
> suffix, the meaning is "each *noun.*" If the noun has a plural suffix,
> the meaning is "all *nouns.*" Saying "all *nouns*" is the only time a
> plural suffix is required in Klingon.
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