tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jun 19 21:27:15 1995

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Re: "It was raining hard"

• From: "R.B Franklin" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: "It was raining hard"
• Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 21:26:27 -0700 (PDT)
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

On Mon, 19 Jun 1995, Jim Boniface wrote:

>   Can someone help me out here,  I'm ATTEMPTING another translation (Taxi by 
> Harry Chapin)  and I'm already having problems (first two lines :) ) This is 
> what I've come up with so far..
> 
> It was raining hard in 'Frisco,
> *'Frisco* jevlI' 'oH              

maj.

> I needed one more fare to make my night.
> mevpa' jIH Qav jIH DIl nuv vISuqnIs

Don't forget your verb prefixes, you would say 
{jImevpa'} instead of {mevpa' jIH}.

You could say:
DaHjaj ram jImevpa' leng DIl raQpo' latlh 'e' vIpoQ.
(Before I stop tonight, I require that another passenger pays for a trip.)

> Jim

yoDtargh

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