On 5/10/2017 4:31 PM, SuStel wrote:
On 5/10/2017 4:08 PM, kechpaja wrote:
On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 03:30:57PM +0000, Steven Boozer wrote:
nguv be dyed/stained/tinted (v) Is there a defined way to say "to be dyed {color}" other than {nguv 'oH. Doq.} or something similar with an explicit conjunction?
There's a part of me that wants to say {DoqmoHlu'}, but I've never seen that in use, even in a non-canon context.
*DoqmoHlu'*/it is made red/orange./ This doesn't explicitly say that dye or staining was involved; it could just as easily apply to a pale person getting a sunburn.
On the other hand, there's no reason you can say it in two sentences. Klingon does that a lot. *'oH nguvlu'pu'; Doq*/It has been tinted red/orange/ (literally, /it has been dyed/stained/tinted; it is red/orange/).
Sorry, I should have said *nguv 'oH; Doq*/it is stained red/orange./ I always forget *nguv* is /be dyed/ and not /dye (something)./ -- SuStel http://trimboli.name