tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 20 10:15:14 1996
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Re: KLBC: poHmey
- From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
- Subject: Re: KLBC: poHmey
- Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 13:16:42 -0500
ghItlh SuStel:
>Qo'noSDaq romuluSngan ghoqwI' HoH tlhIngan 'avwI'. SuvtaHvIS, tlhIngan
>'avwI' tlhaq ghorpu' romuluSngan. lom nge'ta' latlhpu'. 'avqa'taH 'avwI'.
>
>cha'maHvatlh rep qachDaq ngIvnIS 'avwI'. *{rep Sovbe'. chay' rep ghoj?}*
> tlhIngan tlhobnIS!
>
>Of course, the whole point of the braketed part of my little anecdote is that
>I don't really know how to say this. But there must be a way!
tlhaqwIj ghorlu'. cha'maHvatlh rep jIngIvpa' qaS poH 'ar?
>Or take the example of a Klingon who wakes up after being drunk. He is
>groggy, and must attend to his tasks. He needs to know what time it is in
>order to know how soon he must work!
SIbI' rep vISovnISqu'. yaHDaq jIpawDI' jIpaSchugh vIHuplu'bej. HIQaH.
Given even a little context, the question is clear without resorting to
unsubstantiated idiom.
-- ghunchu'wI' batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj