[tlhIngan Hol] The Doctor Who discussion

Aurélie Demonchaux demonchaux.aurelie at gmail.com
Mon Feb 13 13:21:15 PST 2017


Sustel:
*Doctor Who* mughta’ghachlIj vIlaD ’e’ vItIv J

DaH Doctor Who ’ay’ vImugh ’e’ vInIDnIS je!

< Hegh Hoch ’e’ Sov Hoch. ’ach Hoch jaj qaSbe’. jajvam qaSbe’. le’ ’op jaj.
le’qu’ ’op jaj. ’op jaj Hegh pagh nuv. rut, wa’logh qaStaHvIS poH nI’qu’,
wa’ jaj qaStaHvIS wa’ ’uy’ jajmey, DoqtaHvIS bIQtIq bIQ ’ej rItlu’DI’ ghoS
Qel, taH Hoch. >


 jIQaghpu'chugh jIHvaD yIja'.


qatlho' !


~mughwI'




2017-02-12 18:20 GMT+01:00 SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name>:

> jum. choQoylaHchugh jIratlhlaH 'e' vIQub. mIw vISovbe'. jIDogh. bIDogh,
> Qel qan. bIvemDI' SoS vav je Daghaj 'ej choqawbe'. toH, loQ choqaw. nachlIj
> Dabbogh lut jIH. lu'. tagha' lut 'oH Hoch'e'. lut yIQaQmoH. nIvmo',
> nIvbejmo': 'IDnar 'aplo' nIHta' maw'bogh loD qan 'ej Haw'ta'. vInIHta' 'e'
> qaja'? toH, vIngIpta'; reH vIcheghmoH 'e' vIHech. 'o 'aplo'vetlh, *Amy,*
> 'aplo'vetlh Daghom bInajtaHvIS. not Dumej. quq ngoDmeyvam: tIn 'ej mach,
> chu'chu' 'ej qanqu'; 'ej SuDchu'ghachDaj SuD law' Hoch SuD puS. 'ej Doch
> DIta'bogh, qar'a'? Doch lujallu'bogh. Doch DIta'be'bogh. bInajtaHvIS ratlh
> Dochmeyvam. Qel *Amy Pond* je... qaSbe'bogh jajmey je.
>
> SoQchoH Qarghmey. 'ach SoQlaHbe'chu' latlh Dop vIghoSpa'. DaH naDev jInov.
> ratlhbogh qaSHa'ghach vIbuSQo'. qaSqa'ghach vImuS. yIyInchu'. *Rory*
> yImuSHa'. *Bye-bye, Pond.*
>
> On 2/12/2017 10:27 AM, Aurélie Demonchaux wrote:
>
> Thanks for your help and explanations Sustel !
>
> I think I get it now :)
>
> ~mughwI'
>
> PS: "TARDIS-blue", I love your choice of example ;) Whovian jIH !
>
>
> 2017-02-11 18:16 GMT+01:00 SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name>:
>
>> On 2/11/2017 8:34 AM, Aurélie Demonchaux wrote:
>>
>> Indeed the lack of tense can be a bit confusing sometimes and it's taking
>> me a bit of time getting used to.
>>
>> I'm still working to figure out also how it works with the verb suffixes.
>>
>> For example, in the 4 possible sentences below, do I get the exact
>> nuances right?
>>
>> jIvutpu’ ’e’ vIparHa’
>> - I like that I cooked (at some point in the past)
>> - I like that I have cooked (just now)
>> - I like finishing to cook (maybe implying that this is when I can
>> finally eat ;)
>>
>>
>> "At some point in the past" implies past tense, which we know Klingon
>> doesn't have. Instead, the *-pu'* tells us that "I cook" is a completed
>> action. In English we can't separate tense and aspect, so the distinction
>> is difficult for English-speakers to grasp.
>>
>>
>> *jIvutpu' *
>> *I cooked; I have cooked; I will have cooked *I perform, performed, or
>> will perform an act of cooking, and I now, did, or will complete that act.
>>
>> The single word in no way tells you whether the action is past, present,
>> or future. It means all of them and none of them at the same time, the same
>> way that *blue* means sky-blue and navy-blue and TARDIS-blue all at the
>> same time.
>>
>>
>> *wa'Hu' jIvutpu' **yesterday I cooked; yesterday I had cooked*
>>
>>
>> *DaH jIvutpu' **right now I have cooked*
>>
>>
>> *wa'leS jIvutpu' **tomorrow I will have cooked*
>>
>> Contexts like these are required to determine *when* the cooking
>> happened.
>>
>> If you don't use an aspect suffix, you are explicitly talking about an
>> action that is not completed (or continuous) in the moment your are
>> describing.
>>
>>
>> *jIvut **I cook; **It's true that I cook things*
>>
>> This also does not specify *when* an action happened, which requires
>> context:
>>
>>
>> *wa'Hu' jIvut **I cooked yesterday; it's true that I engaged in cooking
>> yesterday*
>>
>>
>> *DaH jIvut **I cook now; at other times I may not have cooked, but it's
>> true that I cook now*
>>
>>
>> *wa'leS jIvut **I will cook tomorrow; tomorrow I'll do some cooking*
>>
>> You can make a similar comparison with the continuous suffixes.
>>
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