[tlhIngan Hol] The Doctor Who discussion
SuStel
sustel at trimboli.name
Mon Feb 13 13:51:11 PST 2017
majQa'! SoQvetlh vIqawbe'pu' vaj vIQulnIS. toH, jatlhpu' /bIQtIq bom/
(heh heh).
DaH jImughqa' jIH'e'. /Qel 'Iv/ ngo' DaSov'a'?
wa' jaj jIchegh. jIcheghbej. jIcheghpa' yIpayQo'; yISaQQo';
yIbIt'eghmoHQo'. yIvoqchu' neH bIruchtaHvIS 'ej jIvoqHa'be' je
jIHvaD 'e' yItob.
On 2/13/2017 4:21 PM, Aurélie Demonchaux wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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
>> <mailto: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.
>>
--
SuStel
http://trimboli.name
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