16 Jan
2017
16 Jan
'17
10:16 a.m.
On 1/16/2017 2:03 AM, Felix Malmenbeck wrote:
*wa'DIch* would have been better. A *bI'reS* is the beginning of some artistic performance, not a job.
While I don't necessarily disagree with you, paq'batlh (paq'raD, Canto 14, Stanza 6) does give a precedent for using bI'reS as a timestamp.
bI'reS qeylIS vaq molor
"First, Molor taunted Kahless."
Marc Okrand also used it to refer to the beginning of a stretch of time in Message to Kronos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujliyG96Cf8
ghorgh lumuch? poH tuj bI'reS nungbogh wa' jaj qeylIS DIS chorghvatlh loSmaH jav qaStaHvIS.
"When [will it be shown], you ask? In the days that follow the summer solstice in the Year of Kahless 846."
maj. tawIj vIlughmoH. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name