tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Nov 26 08:39:07 1995
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Re: qeylIS betleH
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- Subject: Re: qeylIS betleH
- Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 11:38:35 -0500
qaSDI' Hovjaj 95898.3 ghItlh Qeygh:
>It seens to me that "maj ram" would not be a Klingon
>expression, but could have been an attempt to translate "good night". "ram
>QaQ", which would seem to me to be better Klingon, would refer to a night
>which is good. I might translate "good night" as something like "ram QaQ
>Daghajjaj" (although that seems a bit formal) or "ram QaQ yIghaj" (which
>sounds a bit harsh).
I think you're being a bit too literal here. Surely, if a Klingon wanted to
say this, it would be more like {ram Dativjaj}. Or, better yet, {ramvammo'
batlh Datu'jaj}.
SuStel
Hovjaj 95901.6