tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jun 10 14:02:56 1996
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Re: Greetings
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>Date: Sun, 9 Jun 1996 20:51:30 -0700
>From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
>QrIS writes:
>>*Star Trek:Klingon* vIje' 'ach Huch vIghajbe'
>jImIS. Huch Daghajbe'chugh, chay' vay' Daje'ta'?
>I'm confused. If you don't have money, how did you manage to buy anything?
Klingon doesn't have allthe explicit marking English has. This is simply
"I *would* buy... but I haven't the money." There is no "would" in
Klingon, so it's not stated.
It would probably be clearer to say "ST:Kl vIje', Huch vIghajchugh."
>qatlh vay' ram yIjatlhqang? yIjaq! yIjatlhqu'!
>Why start with anything except what you have to say? Be bold! Be direct!
using "qatlh" with an imperative doesn't seem to make sense to me.
~mark
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