[tlhIngan Hol] More paq'batlh

[Brian Cote]

Thanks. And I'm glad I asked about that sentence. Somehow in the last
month my brain turned {-DI'} into "when."

QImSIr

On Friday, January 6, 2017, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 6 January 2017 at 03:11, Brian Cote <wearetheinformation00 at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > Hello. I have a couple quick questions about a passage from the
> paq'batlh.
> >
> > {tlhIngan wo' nur ghob je
> > HoSmoH quvvam
> > che'DI' molor nur ghob je pujchoHpu'}
> >
> > With it, I restore pride and values
> > Of the Klingon Empire, for under Molor,
> > They have grown weak and faint.
> >
> > (paq'raD 16:7-9)
> >
> > Shouldn't the third line read:
> >
> > che'DI' molor, pujchoHpu' nur ghob je
>
> Probably.
>
> > Or am I missing something?
>
> Maybe it reads:
> che'DI' molor nur ghob je, pujchoHpu'.
>
> (But, yeah, I think {nur ghob je} should be the subject of {puj}, too.)
>
> > And a quick time question. In the third sentence, this particular
> > combination of {DI'-choH-pu'} means that in the time span of Molor's
> reign,
> > the weakening of {nur} and {ghob} started and then finished, correct? If
> so,
> > I find this particular usage of grammar very cool.
>
> {-DI'} means "as soon as", not "during".
>
> As soon as Molor reigned, pride and values became weak (whereas they
> weren't weak before), and this was completed.
>
> --
> De'vID
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