I remember, a long time ago, I asked how we can express "I just thought.." At the discussion which followed, the main idea was to say something like {lup puS ret}. Although I liked this workaround, I felt there was something missing; like a food you may like, but you just can't help feeling that there is an ingredient missing. Until, just a few minutes ago, perhaps I discovered that missing ingredient.. ..which is the word {neH}. {lup puS neH ret jIQub..} only a few minutes ago I thought.. I think this does the trick, and unless a bird of prey decloaks blowing this workaround out of space, I will add it to my notes and use it like there's no tomorrow. ~ nIghma'
On 10/23/2017 2:32 PM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
I remember, a long time ago, I asked how we can express "I just thought.."
At the discussion which followed, the main idea was to say something like {lup puS ret}.
Although I liked this workaround, I felt there was something missing; like a food you may like, but you just can't help feeling that there is an ingredient missing.
Until, just a few minutes ago, perhaps I discovered that missing ingredient..
..which is the word {neH}.
{lup puS neH ret jIQub..} only a few minutes ago I thought..
I think this does the trick, and unless a bird of prey decloaks blowing this workaround out of space, I will add it to my notes and use it like there's no tomorrow.
This sounds like you only think this thought a few minutes ago and not at any other time. You won't think it again. The definition of /only/ at dictionary.com lists four adverb senses for the word. The *neH* that follows Klingon nouns is the first sense: "without others or anything further; alone; solely; exclusively." The *neH* that follows Klingon verbs is the second sense: "no more than; merely; just." The sense you're using here is the third sense: "as recently as." *neH* probably doesn't mean this. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name
hmm.. I didn't know these facts.. maj. I understand now, thank you for explaining this. ~ nIghma' On Oct 23, 2017 21:45, "SuStel" <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:
On 10/23/2017 2:32 PM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
I remember, a long time ago, I asked how we can express "I just thought.."
At the discussion which followed, the main idea was to say something like {lup puS ret}.
Although I liked this workaround, I felt there was something missing; like a food you may like, but you just can't help feeling that there is an ingredient missing.
Until, just a few minutes ago, perhaps I discovered that missing ingredient..
..which is the word {neH}.
{lup puS neH ret jIQub..} only a few minutes ago I thought..
I think this does the trick, and unless a bird of prey decloaks blowing this workaround out of space, I will add it to my notes and use it like there's no tomorrow.
This sounds like you only think this thought a few minutes ago and not at any other time. You won't think it again.
The definition of *only* at dictionary.com lists four adverb senses for the word. The *neH* that follows Klingon nouns is the first sense: "without others or anything further; alone; solely; exclusively." The *neH* that follows Klingon verbs is the second sense: "no more than; merely; just." The sense you're using here is the third sense: "as recently as." *neH* probably doesn't mean this.
-- SuStelhttp://trimboli.name
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On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 2:45 PM, SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:
This sounds like you only think this thought a few minutes ago and not at any other time. You won't think it again.
The definition of *only* at dictionary.com lists four adverb senses for the word. The *neH* that follows Klingon nouns is the first sense: "without others or anything further; alone; solely; exclusively." The *neH* that follows Klingon verbs is the second sense: "no more than; merely; just." The sense you're using here is the third sense: "as recently as." *neH* probably doesn't mean this.
The second sense that goes with verbs, "no more than; merely; just" seems like it might fit the intended meaning here. No more than a few minutes, merely a few minutes, just a few minutes, etc. as opposed to many minutes. So if we can put the *neH* on a verb, would we get closer to the intended meaning? *puSbogh neH lup ret* "merely a few minutes ago, no more than a few minutes ago"? (In most cases there's not really a reason to not just use *qen* or *lup puS ret*, but maybe you want to do some kind of rhetorical flourish.)
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