November 2016 - tlhIngan-Hol

Highway at night
by mayqel qunenoS 16 Nov '16

16 Nov '16

povvam, Qu' vIta'nISmo' latlh vengDaq vIjaHnIS. meqvammo', qaStaHvIS ram javmaH qelI'qam vIlengta'. reH, ram leng vIparHa'. reH, qaStaHvIS ram puH DujwIj vI'ortaHchugh vaj muQuchlaH wanI'vam. 'ej nIteb jI'ortaHchugh vaj qaqbej. reH, Duj jonta' wab vIparHa', 'ej jotmo' Hoch Doch law' vIQublaH. pIj ram taw'a' rur yInmaj.. 'ej pa' ma'ortaHvIS, pIj ghochmaj wISovbe'. qunnoH ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'

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Expressing many centuries
by mayqel qunenoS 16 Nov '16

16 Nov '16

we have the {vatlh DIS poH} for "century"; but how do we say "many centuries" ? {vatlh law' DIS poH} or {vatlh DIS poH law'} ? and this question goes hand in hand with another question: can we apply the {law'} to numbers ? can we say for instance {'uy' law'} for "many millions" or {vatlh law'} for "many hundreds" ? qunnoH jan puqloD

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What exactly does the {'ej} connect ?
by mayqel qunenoS 15 Nov '16

15 Nov '16

We know that the {'ej} is used, in order to join sentences. Now, at the risk of sounding like the village idiot, I will ask: What exactly is a sentence ? If I write: "while I was walking, I stepped on a cat", then that's a sentence. If I write: "while I was walking and while I was eating, I stepped on a cat", then that's a sentence too. But what exactly are the "while I was walking" and "while I was eating" on their own ? Are they sentences ? The reason I'm writing this is because I want to ask: Can we write: {jIyIttaHvIS 'ej jISoptaHvIS, vIghro' vIgho'} ? Or if the {jIyIttaHvIS} and {jISoptaHvIS} aren't sentences on their own, one cannot join them by the use of {'ej} ? qunnoH jan puqloD

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'arghchoH muD Dotlh
by mayqel qunenoS 15 Nov '16

15 Nov '16

DaH, yaHwIjDaq jIHtaH, 'ej tugh juHwIjDaq vIjaHmeH naDevvo' vImej. jIghungmo', *souvlakia* (=plural of *souvlaki*) vIje' vIneH, a' Do'Ha' wa'maH tup ret SISchoH. DaH, SIStaH 'ej bIr ! QI'yaH ! chay' *souvlakia*wIj vIje'laH ? qunnoq jan puqloD

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The beauty of replacement proverbs
by mayqel qunenoS 15 Nov '16

15 Nov '16

jIHvaD Daj tlhIngan nugh; mu'meyvam vIjatlhchugh vaj jInepbejtaH.. 'op wen, jIghItlhta': tlhIngan nugh vISaHbe', tlhIngan Hol neH vIparHa'; jIHvaD Daj tlhIngan Hol neH.. 'ach tlhIngan tIgh vIparHa'qu'bejbogh tu'lu'. 'ej qa'meH vIttlhegh 'oH tIghvetlh'e'. nuq bIH qa'meH vIttlheghvam'e' ? qatlh potlh bIH ? lo'chaj 'oH nuq'e' ? nap lo'chaj; QaghDI' tlhIngan, ghIq QIj'egh 'e' nIDbe'. qa'meH vIttlhegh jatlh neH. 'ej vIttlheghvam luQoyDI' latlhpu', SIbI' tlhInganvaD pagh lujatlh. qaS yIn.. DaH, qatlh potlh wanI'meyvam ? tlhIngan qa' Dop potlh lu'aghlaHmo': latlhpu' nuSbe' tlhInganpu'. QaghDaj chIDDI' SuvwI', vaj lumawbe' latlhpu'. 'ej chay' QaghDaj chID SuvwI' ? DelnISchu''a' ? ghobe'. vIttlhegh neH jatlh; net poQ.. 'ej SIbI' quvDaj ghajqa'. meqmeyvammo', 'IH qa'meH vIttlhegh; 'IH 'ej potlh ! qunnoH ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'

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Klingon Word of the Day: Hum
by qurgh＠wizage.net 15 Nov '16

15 Nov '16

Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, November 15, 2016 Klingon word: Hum Part of speech: verb Definition: be sticky Source: TKD This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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pIqaD in Unicode--again
by Mark Shoulson 15 Nov '16

15 Nov '16

Thought I would let people here know, since I have sort of acted on my own on this. I've submitted another paper to the Unicode Consortium asking to encode pIqaD finally: http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16329-piqad-returns.pdf They always said it wasn't encoded because people weren't using it: I disprove that claim in the document. The discussion on the mailing list there is starting to heat up again; this time they're saying that there are problems with Paramount's copyright and all, but that's also not relevant, and even if it is, they should decide whether or not to encode and *then* we'll worry about difficulties carrying that out. Anyway, just informing folks. I've been talking to various UTC members, and the official UTC meeting is this week or next week or something, so it will be brought up then and they'll probably have at least some sort of response after that. I'm not going to let them off the hook without at least some *sensible* answer and a path forward (and an explanation as to why the Tolkien alphabets, which apparently may also have copyright issues, are on the Roadmap, even if they aren't encoded, while pIqaD is not only not on the roadmap, but given as an example on the "Not on the Roadmap" page as something not worthy of being there.) Just FYI. ~mark

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Amikumu app - finding language partners (also for Klingon)
by André Müller 14 Nov '16

14 Nov '16

venglIjDaq tlhIngan Hol latlh jatlhwI'pu' ghojwI'pu' je DaSov'a'? tlhIngan Hol jatlhwI'pu'vaD lI'qu'laHbogh nIqHom chu' luchenmoHlI' 'op nuv. tera' DIS 2017 wIlo'laHDI', Dat tlhIngan Hol jatlhwI'pu', ghojwI'pu' je DISamlaH. Holchaj wIjatlhmeH latlh Holmey jatlhwI'pu' je DISamlaH. «Amikumu» 'oH nIqHomvam pong'e'. DaH «Kickstarter»-Daq Huch luyIrtaH. ghunwI' vISovchu'mo' Huch vInobta' jIH je. latlh boSov boneHchugh, naDev ghItlhwIj bolaDlaH: http://n-true.livejournal.com/575450.html - - - - - - - 8<- - - - - - SKI: Some people are creating a new application to connect with native speakers and other language learners to practice the languages you would like to learn. It's called "Amikumu" and will be released in 2017. The novelty about this app is that you will be able to select not just from dozens or a hundred languages, but from all languages with ISO codes (and then some more). And Klingon does have an ISO code (namely, <tlh>). So, I deem this app potential very useful to locate other Klingon speakers and learners, and also to organize events for people to practice the language. (of course, many of us are language enthusiasts as well). Maybe have a look, and if you think this is helpful, consider donating some money to them (as I did). Above I posted a link to my blog page where I wrote a longer article in Klingon about "Amikumu". And here is the direct link to the Kickstarter page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1770123604/amikumu-the-app-to-use-lang… - André

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A question on {Qatlh}
by mayqel qunenoS 14 Nov '16

14 Nov '16

the word {Qatlh} means: a. "to be difficult", as in "it is difficult to see you in pain". b. "to be difficult", as in "this mathematical problem is very difficult". c. "to be complicated", as in "the situation that we're facing is quite complicated". d. "to be complicated", as in "this system's backup method is quite complicated". or all of the above ? qunnoH ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'

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Why do we fall ?
by mayqel qunenoS 14 Nov '16

14 Nov '16

pumpu'DI' batman Qup, ghaHvaD jatlhta' vavDaj: bruce, qatlh mapum ? 'ach vavDajvaD janglaHbe' bruce Qup.. toH, ngugh taH vavDaj: bruce, maHu'meH mapum ! ..'ej lughbej ghaH. qunnoH ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'

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