September 2018 - tlhIngan-Hol

Klingon Word of the Day: qIvon
by Klingon Word of the Day 12 Sep '18

12 Sep '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, September 12, 2018 Klingon word: qIvon Part of speech: noun Definition: an unspecified body part Source: KGT (224 KE, 236 EK) This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Klingon Word of the Day: baj
by Klingon Word of the Day 11 Sep '18

11 Sep '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, September 11, 2018 Klingon word: baj Part of speech: verb Definition: earn (can take a sentence as object), work for (actively) Source: KGT This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Relevance of language ability to third person singular pronouns
by Daniel Dadap 11 Sep '18

11 Sep '18

I had always thought that the distinction between {'oH} and {ghaH} was the same as the distinction between {bIH} and {chaH}, i.e., that {ghaH} is reserved for beings capable of language. It would seem natural that the singular and plural third-person pronouns would be divided up the same way, but it was recently pointed out to me that TKD never actually says that {‘oH} is for things and beings that are incapable of languages, or that {ghaH} is exclusively for language-capable beings. But just because that would seem natural doesn’t mean that it is so. It seems to me that it is up to interpretation whether {ghaH} can be used for non-language capable beings. I can see arguments in favor of the {‘oH}/{ghaH} divide being in the same place as the {bIH}/{chaH} divide, and I can also see arguments in favor of the divide being in different places for those two pairs of pronouns. Reasons why {ghaH} might only be for language-capable beings: * It makes sense to think as {‘oH} and {bIH} as being singular and plural variants of a language-incapable third person pronoun, and {ghaH} and {chaH} as being singular and plural variants of a language-capable third person pronoun. * The first- and second- person possessive suffixes are inflected based on the language capability of the possessed, regardless of the number of the possessed. Reasons why {ghaH} might not necessarily be only for language-capable buildings: * The third-person possessive suffixes make a distinction only for the number of the possessor, and not for language ability of the possessor, nor language ability nor number of the possessed. This suggests that while language capability does affect inflections in some places, it needn’t do so in other places that are for the most part similar for places that are inflected based on language ability. * There is nothing suggesting that the distinction between the predisposition suffixes {-beH} and {-rup} has anything to do with language ability; in fact, I rather believe that it’s a distinction between inanimate and animate rather than between language incapable and language capable. This suggests that Klingons distinguish between inanimate and animate (with the possibility of language incapable animate beings in the animate category) at least some of the time. What do you all think about {'oH} versus {ghaH}? Has Maltz ever said anything to point us more strongly towards one interpretation or the other, with regards to whether {ghaH} might apply to beings incapable of language?

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Klingon Word of the Day: SuS
by Klingon Word of the Day 10 Sep '18

10 Sep '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, September 10, 2018 Klingon word: SuS Part of speech: verb Definition: blow (into wind instrument) to produce sound, blow out, blow at Source: KGT This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Klingon Word of the Day: QopmoH
by Klingon Word of the Day 10 Sep '18

10 Sep '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, September 09, 2018 Klingon word: QopmoH Part of speech: verb Definition: wear out Source: TKD (104 KE) This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Klingon Word of the Day: Hochlogh
by Klingon Word of the Day 10 Sep '18

10 Sep '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, September 08, 2018 Klingon word: Hochlogh Part of speech: adv Definition: all times, always (emphatic) Source: This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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-be on -egh and -chuq
by mayqel qunenoS 09 Sep '18

09 Sep '18

Can someone explain, how {maleghbe'egh} is different from {malegh'eghbe'}, and how {maleghbe'chuq} is different from {maleghchuqbe'} ? ~ nI'ghma

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Morskan limerick
by Daniel Dadap 07 Sep '18

07 Sep '18

I only really went with the Morskan dialect for this because “nantuqIt 'oH mungDaj'e'” would have messed with the meter, but I ended up enjoying it in general anyway. loD vISov 'ej nantuqIt 'o mungDaj yImey nej ne gha 'a re 'e' tung 'aj wa' jaj yI nejme ve' jats gha «yI tu'lu'be'» 'a mujqu'mo' yI bI'chu'me vungjaj

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Klingon Word of the Day: 'e'mam
by Klingon Word of the Day 07 Sep '18

07 Sep '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, September 07, 2018 Klingon word: 'e'mam Part of speech: noun Definition: aunt, father's sister Source: HQ:v9n3p8 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Klingon Word of the Day: Hov
by Klingon Word of the Day 06 Sep '18

06 Sep '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, September 06, 2018 Klingon word: Hov Part of speech: noun Definition: star Source: TKD (89 KE, 154 EK) This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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