tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon May 08 15:23:10 1995
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Re: lut vItaghta'bogh
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: lut vItaghta'bogh
- Date: Mon, 8 May 95 18:23:07 EDT
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>; from "David Barron" at May 6, 95 5:42 pm
I probably don't have time to finish this, but...
According to David Barron:
>
> Perhaps you will think I am too ambitious in makeing this
> attempt but I offer for your critisizm MY very of a terran epic.
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>
> Duj qIj
>
> David Barron ghaH ghItlhwI'Daj'e'
>
> (Herman Melvil *Moby Dick* rurlI' lutvam)
> (wa')
>
> *'ISmey'el* vIponglu'. ben, DIS 'ar ben 'oHbe' potlh'e'.
This second sentence doesn't seem right. "Years ago, an
important thing is not how many years ago?" Note that including
question words like {'ar} converts what would otherwise be a
statement into a question. This appears to be a jumbled mess.
Perhaps you mean something like:
ben 'ar tagh lutwIj? jISaHbe'.
> Huch yap vIghajbe' 'ej QonoSDaq DalchoH Hoch. 'u' vIleng 'e' wIwuq
> 'ej 'u' nejbe'lu'ta'bogh vIlegh vIneH.
It's probably a typo, but you probably want {vIwuq} instead of
{wIwuq}, unless someone else is helping you make the decision.
> ghu'wIj ram vIchoH vIneH.
I like this sentence. Well said. Simple and very native, and
also quite clear.
> jIlengqu'laHchugh tIq vIpIvmoHlaHlaw'.
Whose heart? Just ANY heart?
> porgh Hegh woDwI'
> vIleghtaHDI' 'ach muQaHbe' Hergh vIlo'bogh vaj pIvqa'nIS qa'wI' 'ej
> jIlenglaHchugh.
Okay. I'm confused. "When I saw a *dead* body taker-away
("bring out your dead" Monty Pithon images abound) but the
medicine which I use did not help me, then my spirit must be
healthy again and if I can roam."
I marked "dead" because {Hegh} means "die" and I'm not sure
this means "be dead" enough to use it adjectivally. Maybe yes,
maybe no. Probably no.
Anyway, this is a complex sentence with some conjunctions I
would expect between independent clauses, but some of the verbs
have dependent suffixes. In general, I am confused trying to
read it.
Anyway, I can't finish now. I gotta go play bass for my band.
Later.
> David Barron [email protected] OR [email protected]
> Klingon Language Postal Course, PO Box 37, Eagle ID 83616
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charghwI'
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