> 1) bI'reS qeylIS vaq molor.
> «First, Molor taunts Kahless.»
If this sentence was meant to be {bI'reS, qeylIS vaq molor}, then I could understand it as a timestamp. "First, Molor taunts Kahless".
But since paq'batlh doesn't employ punctuation, there is the possibility that this sentence was meant to be {bI'reS. qeylIS vaq molor}. So now the translation becomes "Beginning of the story. Molor taunts Kahless". Or maybe even "Beginning of the story: Molor taunts Kahless".
> 2) may' bI'reS bejtaHvIS mon.
> «First, he watches the battle smiling.»
This is even more confusing. If the {bI'reS} here was meant to be a timestamp, then the klingon sentence should be {bI'reS may' bejtaHvIS mon}. Let alone the fact, that even in this case, without the punctuation we would have the ambiguities discussed at the "First, Molor taunts Kahless" sentence.
At the original paq'batlh sentence, If {may'} is the object of {bej}, then why isn't it placed right before it ? The way I understand this sentence is {may' bI'reS, bejtaHvIS mon} "The beginning of the battle while he is watching (it) he smiles".
> 3) tera' DIS wa' Hut vagh Hut, bI'reS puv 'amerI'qa' 'ev chan 'ev > X-wa'maH vagh. muDDaq neH muD Dujmey vorgh lu'orlu',
> 'ach loghDaq puvlaH Dujmey 'orbogh nuv 'e' 'agh X-wa'maH
> vagh.
> «The North American X-15, initially flown in 1959, bridged the
> gap between piloted flight in the atmosphere and piloted
> space flight.»
If the punctuation of this sentence was written by 'oqranD (was it ?), then here I can understand the {bI'reS} indeed being used as a timestamp.
If however the punctuation wasn't written by 'oqranD, and if the "," wasn't placed before the {bI'reS} by him, then there could be the possibility that the {bI'reS} refers to the "1959", to mean "at the beginning of 1959".
> 4) wa'DIch nach 'ay'...
> «First Nach, the form of the head, ...»
I can't understand this sentence at all. All I get is "First, part of the head.."
> 5) wa'DIch Hegh moratlh.
> «First, Morath fell.»
I could understand this being the use of {wa'DIch} as a timestamp, as long as this sentence isn't the first of a group of sentences where numbering takes place (is it ?). For example "First, Morath fell, second kahless laughed, third the blade glowed etc.."
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