[tlhIngan Hol] Expressing how much

[mayqel qunenoS]

I liked a lot all of the suggestions, and I liked even more voragh's:

*> chay’ chomuSHa’ ?*
*> How do you love me?*

The problem however could be, that here, the question could rather be
perceived as "In what way do you love me ?". As a friend ? As a lover ?

So, perhaps in order to solve this problem, we could employ the classic
approach of using more than one sentences. vaj pelaD:

{chay' chomuSHa' ? chomuSHa'qu''a' ?}
how do you love me ? do you love me a lot ?

or

{chay' chomuSHa' ? chomuSbejHa''a' ?}
how do you love me ? do you really love me ?

The second sentence, gives context to the first.

qunnoq

On Sep 11, 2017 7:09 PM, "Steven Boozer" <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:

> *DuQ*                *touch *(*emotionally*) [e.g. food, music]
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> *  muDuQ bom *
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>   *The song stabs me. (i.e. The song moves me.) KG*T
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> *nong*                *be passionate*
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> *  nong; vulqangan rur *
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>   passionate as a Vulcan  (KGT)
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>  *maSuv manong 'ej maHoHchu'*
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>   We fight, we love, and then we kill. (Anthem)
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> *muSHa’* has been so treated in the *paq’batlh*:
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> *  SaqSub'e' muSHa'bogh pawmeH leng qeylIS HuDmey Sal ghIq ghIr *
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>   And Kahless traveled to his beloved *Saq'sub*, over the mountains (PB)
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> so how about a simple:
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>   *chay’ chomuSHa’ ? *
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> *  How do you love me?*
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> --Voragh
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> *From:* nIqolay Q
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> SuStel made some pretty good points and suggestions. But if you're looking
> for a very literal translation that uses *'ar*, I came up with *jIHvaD
> parmaq 'ar Daghaj? **"How much love do you have for me?"*
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> *ghaj* is probably not the best verb here but unfortunately we don't yet
> have a verb for "feel an emotion", which is what I'd be inclined to use
> otherwise.
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> On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 11:25 AM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:
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> If we're talking about some other kind of love, we have to agree to treat
> *muSHa'* as meaning *love.* The noun form is *muSHa'ghach.* A person, of
> course, is *bang.* Then you can say things like *chomuSHa'mo' jIHvaD nuq
> Data'qang* and *chomuSHa' 'e' yIDel.*
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> SuStel
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