November 2021 - tlhIngan-Hol

Klingon Word of the Day: Heghtay
by Klingon Word of the Day 13 Nov '21

13 Nov '21

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, November 13, 2021 Klingon word: Heghtay Part of speech: noun Definition: death ritual 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: bIQ ghItmoHwI'
by Klingon Word of the Day 12 Nov '21

12 Nov '21

Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, November 12, 2021 Klingon word: bIQ ghItmoHwI' Part of speech: noun Definition: fountain Source: qepHom 2016 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: romuluSngan
by luis.chaparro＠web.de 12 Nov '21

12 Nov '21

Thank you again for your replies! I would like to try with some *everyday* examples :-) If I understand it right, there are situations in which it's not the same to use the name of a planet/country/region/political unity or the name of the inhabitants. For example, if I want to speak about the money my country has (how rich my country is), I could say: *'eSpanya' Huch* (The money of Spain) If I want to speak about the money Spanish people have (how rich Spaniards are), I could say: *'eSpanya'ngan Huch* (The money of the Spaniards) But if I want to refer to the old Spanish currency (the *peseta*) we had before the Euro, then I could say both: *'eSpanya' Huch* (The money of Spain or Spanish money), *'eSpanya'ngan Huch* (The money of the Spaniards or Spanish money), since speaking about *origin* is something we can usually do referring to the place or to the people who live in this place (of course, there were Spaniards who didn't live in Spain and used other currencies, but in a normal conversation and given the correct context, such an identification shouldn't be problematic, and I hope that's so for Klingons too). Or being at a German cooking competition with participants from different countries, if I say: *'eSpanya'ngan nay'* (The dishes of the Spaniards), it's obvious that I refer to the *German* food the Spaniards have cooked, whereas: *'eSpanya' nay'* (The dishes of Spain) would make no sense in this context. But speaking of the Spanish cuisine, we could say both: *'eSpanya'ngan nay'* (The dishes of the Spaniards or Spanish dishes) *'eSpanya' nay'* (The dishes of Spain or Spanish dishes) Did I get it?

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excuse me but what the jay' is {taymey}
by mayqel qunen'oS 12 Nov '21

12 Nov '21

We have: {bI'reS taymey} (n) "prologue" {bertlham taymey} (n) "epilogue" But then we have the obscure definition of {taymey}. Read: {taymey} (n) "section of a book or play or the like that's separate from the main portion of the work. taymey is a frozen form and is considered singular. It's okay to say taymeymey". Obviously, I must not be "the brightest bulb on the Yule tree" because I still can't understand what the jay' {taymey} actually is. Seemingly apparently it isn't a paragraph, but is it a "chapter"? Because if it isn't a chapter, then with the exception of {bI'reS taymey} and {bertlham taymey} I can't understand in what other way it could be useful. -- Dana'an https://sacredtextsinklingon.wordpress.com/ Ζεὺς ἦν, Ζεὺς ἐστίν, Ζεὺς ἔσσεται· ὦ μεγάλε Ζεῦ

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new word: chotlh
by Lieven L. Litaer 12 Nov '21

12 Nov '21

Hello again, for my translation of Alice, we discovered another word which I think is very useful, and I wonder why we had never had (or needed) this before. I think that none of the existing {legh} and {bej} really cover what this means: <<< The word {chotlh} means "stare at" or "gaze at" or "observe." You'd also use it (often without an object) to mean staring off into space, staring at nothing in particular, zoning out. So it's used when you're looking at something intently, with a lot of focus, but also when you're not particularly focused. It can also be used for "ogle." Context clarifies which sort of connotation is intended. >>> -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.tlhInganHol.com http://klingon.wiki/En/AliceInWonderland

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look what the cat dragged in
by mayqel qunen'oS 11 Nov '21

11 Nov '21

http://klingon.wiki/En/AliceInWonderland There are some new words, although there's no reference to whether we're talking about nouns, verbs, etc. I mean, is {Dul} a "sigh"? Or is it "to sigh"? -- Dana'an https://sacredtextsinklingon.wordpress.com/ Ζεὺς ἦν, Ζεὺς ἐστίν, Ζεὺς ἔσσεται· ὦ μεγάλε Ζεῦ

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Aeschylus fragments hymn to Zeus
by mayqel qunen'oS 11 Nov '21

11 Nov '21

e Zeus is the ether, Zeus is the earth, Zeus is the heaven; yes, Zeus is everything, and whatever there may be beyond that. t Dung rewve' ghaH zeus'e', tera' ghaH zeus'e', chal'a' ghaH zeus'e'; teH, Hoch ghaH zeus'e', 'ej Hoch HayDaq Hoch tu'lu'bogh ghaH je zeus'e'. -- Dana'an https://sacredtextsinklingon.wordpress.com/ Ζεὺς ἦν, Ζεὺς ἐστίν, Ζεὺς ἔσσεται· ὦ μεγάλε Ζεῦ

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Klingon Word of the Day: pIm
by Klingon Word of the Day 11 Nov '21

11 Nov '21

Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, November 11, 2021 Klingon word: pIm Part of speech: verb Definition: be different Source: TKD This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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look what the cat dragged in
by James Landau 11 Nov '21

11 Nov '21

Congratulations, Lieven! A truly impressive feat! (And I was surprised to learn from the wiki article that _Alice in Wonderland_ was published in 1865 -- I imagined it coming out closer to the previous turn-of-the-century.) But the obvious question for conlangers and conlang aficionados: How did you manage to translate: "-I quite agree with you, said the Duchess; and the moral of that is-’Be what you would seem to be’-or, if you’d like it put more simply-’Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise.’"? Also, *woSwa' ghew* is defined as a rolling bug. Does that mean an isopod crustacean, i.e. a pillbug? (I call them pillbugs, my mother calls them sowbugs, my sister calls them roly-polies.)

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Noun-noun constructions with relative clauses
by luis.chaparro＠web.de 11 Nov '21

11 Nov '21

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