I should probably provide some context. The sentence I'm trying to translate comes from Thucydides describing the civil war in Corcyra during the Peloponesian War. So it's not a city revolting against a larger government, but people within the city revolting against the government of the city itself. That's why I went with {vengDaq qaSchoHpu' Daw'} rather than {Daw'choH veng}.

I agree, though, {Daw'choH veng} has a simplicity that {vengDaq qaSchoHpu' veng} lacks.

Perhaps {vengDaq Daw'choHlu', ghIq vengmeyDaq Daw'choHlu'}.

Sometimes it was democrats rebelling against oligarchies, and sometimes oligarchs overthrowing democracies; that's why I didn't go with something like {vengDaq Daw'choH roghvaH}.

bI'reng


On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 4:49 AM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
The problem with {ngIq} is that its use hasn't been completely clarified.

If I was to translate the original sentence, then perhaps I would write:

Daw'choH wa' veng; ngugh Daw'choH je Hoch latlh veng.
One city begun to revolt; then each additional city begun to revolt too.

or

Daw'choH wa' veng; ngugh wa'DIch Da Hoch latlh veng.
One city begun to revolt; then each additional city behaved as the first.

or

Daw'choH wa' veng; ngugh veng wa'DIch Da Hoch latlh veng.
One city begun to revolt; then each additional city behaved as the first city.

or

Daw'choH wa' veng; ngugh Daw'choH je wa' latlh veng. 'ej ngugh latlh veng, 'ej ngugh latlh.. tagha' Daw' Hoch vengmey.
One city begun to revolt; then one other city revolted too. And then another city, and then another.. Finally all cities revolted.

Of the above, my favourite way to describe the original intented sentence, is the last.

qunnoq

On Sep 6, 2017 08:53, "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com> wrote:


On Sep 6, 2017 10:19, "Anthony Appleyard" <a.appleyard@btinternet.com> wrote:
An expression meaning "in succession" seems to be needed.

qatlh yapbe' {ngIq}?

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