[tlhIngan Hol] {-Qo'} and {-taHvIS}

SuStel sustel at trimboli.name
Fri Sep 2 09:56:07 PDT 2016


On 9/2/2016 12:28 PM, Steven Boozer wrote:
> SuStel also wrote:
>
> > I'm not so sure about *-qu'* because, while grammatically legal, it 
> would mean /
> > while CONTINUOUSLY (as opposed to something else),/ but every Klingon
> > w/hile/ continuous so there is nothing else.
>
> We do have a single example of {-qu’} with {-taHvIS} from Sonnet 116 
> again:
>
> *  ghobe'! qarbejbogh DoDvam qontaH 'u'***
>
> *  jevqu'taHvIS muD ral, bejlI' parmaq.*
>
> *  Qombe'! nISbe' jevwI', 'ej not ruS baq.*
>
> Oh, no! It is an ever-fixed mark.
>
> That looks on tempests and is never shaken.
>
> (lit. “While the violent atmosphere storms, love still watches”)
>

I was referring to the possibility of *-taHqu'vIS,* which does not appear.

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SuStel
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