tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Apr 14 13:33:19 1995
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Re: Langauge Updates??
On Fri, 14 Apr 1995, Karl Dyson wrote:
> > If you're uncomfortable with using Qapla' as a farewell, then make up your
> > own:
> > tugh maghomchuqqa'jaj. QuvlIjDaq yIH tu'be'lu'jaj. reH DujlIj yIvoq.
> > romulusnganpu'vaD yIjatlhQo'.
> Oh no...erm...I am a beginner...please could you translate this for me...as
> I haven't got enough lifetime left to get through the second word :)
I hope you don't die soon. {{;-)
tugh maghomchuqqa'jaj (May we meet each other again soon.)
tugh soon (adv)
ma- we, no object
ghom meet, encounter, assemble, rendezvous (v)
-chuq one another, each other
-qa' resume, do again
-jaj may
---
QuvlIjDaq yIH tu'be'lu'jaj. ("May your coordinates be free of tribbles")
(PK tape) (Literally: May one not find a tribble at your coordinates)
Quv coordinates (n)
-lIj your
-Daq locative (at, in, on, etc.)
yIH tribble (n)
tu' discover, find, observe, notice (v)
-be' not
-lu' indefinite subject (one, someone, something)
-jaj may
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reH DujlIj yIvoq. (Always trust your instincts)
reH always (adv)
Duj instincts (n)
-lIj your
yI- imperative prefix Subj: you Obj: he/she/it
voq trust, have faith in (v)
As a side note, I noticed an apparent mistake in TKD, p. 171. It
translates "Always trust your instincts" as {Duj tIvoqtaH}
({-taH} continuous). Sec. 3.3.2. says inherently plural nouns should
receive singular verb prefixes, so it seems to me that {tI-} in the
example on p. 171 should probably be {yI-} i.e. Duj yIvoqtaH.
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romuluSnganpu'vaD yIjatlhQo'. (Don't talk to Romulans)
romuluSngan Romulan (n) (compound noun from {romuluS} (Romulus) + {ngan}
(inhabitant))
-pu' plural (for sentient beings)
-vaD for, intended for, to (indirect object)
yI- imperative prefix Subj: you Obj: none
jatlh speak, say (v)
-Qo' don't
> > rIn jabbI'IDvam
> Data transmition finished???
(This data transmission is finished.)
As I mentioned before, Klingons usually dispense with polite social
phrases and simply state the facts.
yoDtargh