On 5/18/2017 7:37 AM, Rebecca Krause wrote:
"tlhIch purwI' 'oHbe'."
qech 'oH <Star Trek>. qech mIllogh bIH <The Original Series>, <The Next Generation>, <Deep Space Nine>, latlhmey je. pImlaH mIlloghmey.
Trying to say:
"This is not a pipe.
Star Trek is an idea. TOS, TNG, DS9, etc. are representations of an idea. Representations can differ."
Especially not sure about <tlhIch purwI'> due to the ambiguity of that; it could be a smoking device or a person who smokes.
*tlhIch purwI'*/smoke inhaler:/ the subject of *pur* inhales something. The English might be ambiguous; the Klingon is not. *tlhIch purmeH jan*/device for inhaling smoke/ might be a pipe, but it might also be a cigarette or a bong. Whenever you use a pronoun as a verb, any noun phrases that go on the right side of the pronoun must have *-'e'* attached to them. *qech 'oH Hov leng'e'. qech mIllogh bIH much wa'DIch'e', puq poH veb'e', logh Hop tengchaH Hut'e', latlhmey'e' je.* With the understanding that you're talking about these things being *qech mIllogh* /visual depictions of an idea./ *mIllogh* means a visual depiction, not an abstract representation (unless it's a visual one). -- SuStel http://trimboli.name