[tlhIngan Hol] chavlu’ta’ maySon

[Will Martin]

[head smack!]

DaH jIyajchoH.

“At room temperature” vIyajHa’pu'.

I thought the achievement was less that it was done in a room than at a temperature, hence my misunderstanding.

DaH maySon Hat tuj law’ maySon Hat ngo’ tuj puS; buj; pa’ Hat rur.

charghwI’ vaghnerya’ngan

rInpa’ bomnIS be’’a’ pI’.

> On Oct 26, 2020, at 4:36 PM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:
> 
> On 10/26/2020 4:32 PM, Will Martin wrote:
>> Does this use of {-Daq} work?
>> 
>> I mean, I know in English, we do use the preposition “at”, but unless we are talking about where the needle of a dial points, this seems like an odd use of the concept of locative.
>> 
>> So, if I diss something, I should come up with a positive suggestion, right?
>> 
>> … aaaaand the word order is a little wonky.
>> 
>> wa’logh bujtaHvIS maySon chavlu’ta’; pa’ Hat rur.
>> 
>> qavuvHa’ vIneHbe’bej. pIj juQaHqa’. wa’ mu’tlhegh vItI’ neH.
> 
> The word order is wrong, but the -Daq is correct:
> 
> wa'logh pa' bujDaq maySon chavlu'ta' superconductivity achieved once in an average-temperature room
> 
> The -Daq applies to the achievement taking place in a room of average temperature, not "at room temperature."
> 
> 
> 
>> 
>> charghwI’ vaghnerya’ngan
>> 
>> rInpa’ bomnIS be’’a’ pI’.
>> 
>>> On Oct 26, 2020, at 3:43 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu <mailto:sboozer at uchicago.edu>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> wa’logh pa’ bujDaq chavlu’ta’ maySon 
>>> https://www.wnd.com/2020/10/room-temperature-superconductivity-achieved-1st-time/ <https://www.wnd.com/2020/10/room-temperature-superconductivity-achieved-1st-time/>
>>>  
>>> An opportunity to play with some new vocabulary:  {buj} “be neither warm nor cool” and {maySon] “superconductivity”.
>>>  
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