tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Aug 13 03:44:10 1996
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Re: PK opening scene question
- From: "Mark J. Reed" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: PK opening scene question
- Date: Tue, 13 Aug 96 06:44:05 EDT
- In-Reply-To: Your message of Mon, 12 Aug 1996 14:15:25 -0700. <[email protected]>
chojangmo' qatlho.
<[email protected]>vo':
\ qaSDI' 96-08-12 08:18:53 EDT, jatlh marqoS:
\
\ ["Power Klingon" ghu' wa'DIch DellI']
\
\ > tera'ngan: bISaHbe'? qatlh vIjatlh(1)? chaq SoHvo' vay' vIje' vIneH!
\
\ I believe (after just listening to it now) that he says {qatlh bIjatlh}, for
\ "Why do you say that?" If true, then it means that {jatlh} would never use
\ {'e'} as an object, even when spanning sentences. It might also indicate
\ that {jatlh} can be used with indirect quotes. And finally, it gives a bit
\ of confirmation to my ideas on how verbs of speaking work (yes, I know I keep
\ going on about this).
I dunno; given the flavor of the rest of the translation, I would have
expected {qatlh Dochvetlh Dajatlh}. {qatlh bIjatlh} comes out as
"Why are you speaking?"
\
\ > tlhIngan: tugh. Su'. bIje'be'chugh, vaj bIHegh. quvwIj DatIchpu',
\ > tera'ngan. bIyIntaH 'e' ?????(2)
\
\ Actually, he said {SSS} (more or less), but this is apparently just a
\ corruption of {Su'}.
Right. I transcribed it as {Su'} since that is the meaning.
\
\ Some people asked Marc Okrand about this sentence at the qep'a', but we
\ couldn't get him to remember the scene. It seems that no one knows what the
\ Klingon said!
Oh. Oh, well. :)
\
\ > tera'ngan: yIjotmoH!(3)
\
\ He definitely says {yIjotchoH}.
Yes, as I confirmed when I found my notes last night. That makes much more
sense.
\
\ > tera'ngan: <drawing phaser> Dochvetlh yItlhap!
\
\ Yes, this line is pretty bad. It obviously should be {vItlhap}, and the
\ pronunciation is terrible.
No, I don't see that it should be {vI-}. I interpret it as "Take that!",
a phrase often uttered by English speakers when they are about to deliver
some punishment to someone - although I'm surprised that he bothered,
in the heat of the moment, to translate it. :)
-marqoS
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