tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Apr 11 19:29:22 1995
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Re: tlhIngan jIHbe' jay'!
On Mon, 10 Apr 1995, Alan Anderson wrote:
> (written Tuesday, April 4)
>
> tlhIngan Hol vIHaD 'e' vIja'DI' "tlhIngan SoH DaneH'a'?" lutlhob.
{ja'} is a verb of speaking and does not use {'e'}.
> jIbergh. De'wI' vIHad 'ach De'wI' jIH bIneHbe'.
^^
<vIneHbe'> yIlo'.
> ram chal vIHad 'ach Hov chunDab joq jIH vIneHbe'.
> tlhIngan Hol'e' vIHad.
> tlhIngan tIgh vIpabbe'. tlhIngan Quch vItuQbe'.
> tera'ngan jIHbe'choH 'e' vIwuqchugh tlhIngan jIH 'e' vIwIvbe'bej.
> Doch tlhInganpu'. chuS tlhInganpu'.
yoH tlhInganpu'. HoS tlhInganpu'. 'ej quv ghaj tlhInganpu' not 'e' yIlIj.
> QIvbe' tlhInganpu' 'e' vIHarmoH vIHechbe'.
This sentence has a double negative, I don't know if Klingon allows this.
You also need another {'e'}: QIvbe' tlhInganpu' 'e' vIHarmoH 'e' vIHechbe'.
(I do not mean to make Klingons believe they are not inferior.)
Do you mean to say this? It sounds like you are saying "I intend to make
Klingons believe they are inferior."
QIvbe'bej tlhInganpu'.
> jIDoch jIchuS qoj vIneHbe'. vIjot.
When a conjuction is used with nouns, it comes after the noun; but when a
conjuction joins sentences, it comes between the sentences.
jIDoch vIneHbe' qoj jIchuS vIneHbe'.
> chaq vulqangan vIDa.
muSHa'be'taH vulqangan. muSbe'taH vulqangan. not Hagh vulqangan.
yIn tIvvIp chaH. taH neH vulqangan. Heghta' vulqangan qa'. vulqangnanpu'
Hoch vIvup.
> -- ghunchu'wI'
yoDtargh