tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Oct 21 13:05:26 1996
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Re: BG - THE LUCKY CAPTAIN - a klingon play
- From: Robyn Stewart <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: BG - THE LUCKY CAPTAIN - a klingon play
- Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 13:01:18 -0700
If it's any consolation, no one ever read my story, either. I'm hoping
they'll read Macbeth. My corrections are quick and careless, I expect I
have missed a lot, and I haven't been picky.
At 14:04 23/09/96 -0700, you wrote:
}HoD Do'
}
}Doq: vajna' ghung la' je
}SuD: jupDaj la' je
}val: be'Hom val
}Qanqor: be'Hom vav
}
}
}lut 'ay' wa', lut 'ay'Hom wa'
}may'na' Suvlu'pu'. tachDaq ghom cha' la'.
}
}Doq: Dunqu'pu' may'vam 'ach wa'leS may' Qob law'may'vam Qob puS.
watch word spacing
}
}SuD: nuq jatlh? wa'leS Qo'noS maghoSqa' 'ej nuquv qorDu'maj
nuqjatlh - one word
ghoS takes an object: wIghoS
}Doq: SoHvaD batlh nob qorDu'lIj. jIHvaD be'nal nob qorDu'wIj.
}
}SuD: nuq? bISawrup'a'?
}
}Doq: yIQIpQo'. not Sawrupqu' loDna'.
}
}SuD: (HaghtaHvIS) bISawnISqu''a'?
}
}Doq: bIDoghqa'. be'Hom vIqIHbe'.
Is he marrying a minor? If the woman is nen why would he call her a child?
Get your old-fashioned English slang out of tlhIngan Hol, HoDDogh.
}SuD: 'ach bISawqang'a'?
}
}Doq: 'ejDo' vIghajqang. yo' ra' be'Hom vavoy. jISawchugh munum 'ej
} Duj chu' vIHev.
}
}SuD: Duj chu' DaHev'a'? jIHvaD be'nI' ghaj'a' ghaH
}
}Doq: yISagh. qoH vImojchoH. qay' puqbe'Daj.
}
}SuD: qay' nuq?
}
}Doq: vulqangan DuSaQDaq HaDtaH ghaH. Huj qechDaj. mIS yabDaj.
} tlhInganna' ghaH'a'? 'e' HonlaHbe' 'Iv.
Who is not able to doubt that? I don't think you want the -laH
}SuD: jIyajbe'
}
}Doq: batlh ghojbe'. roj HaD. Suvbe' ghojmoHwI'Daj. Sutlh. jatlh.
} meQbe'chugh ghojmoHwI'Daj tIqDu' meQlaH'a' tIqDaj?
}
}SuD: 'e' Sov vavDaj. 'e' DaHar'a'?
}
}Doq: puqbe'DajvaD 'ejDo' mech. lo'laHbe'mo' be'Hom tlhongnIs vav.
I love reading KLBC stuff, because when the person has to look up every word
anyway, they use a richer vocabulary than the person who has only memorized
half the mu'tay'. Good word choices.
}SuD: DaSawlaHbe'. DuquvHa'moH tlhogh.
}
}Doq: chaq bIlugh. 'ach Dujvam chu' ra'DI' DatDaq batlh vItu'.
You probably want a more active verb than tu'. Sam chav qoj vIchup.
}SuD: reH lugh charghwI' 'ach bIQap'a'?
}
}Doq: Qapla' rurbe' be'nal chu'. vulqanHey gharwI' rurqu' ghaH. 'ach
} loghDaq jIlengtaHchugh 'ej Qo'noSDaq ratlhtaH DuyoywI' Duy' vaj
} qay'be'.
You're using -oy ironically, which may not work in this culture.
}SuD: batlh ghajbe nab.
' DachIl
}Doq: Suvbogh vaj law' HIghbogh vaj quv puS 'ach Qap HIghwI' 'ej reH yay
}tlha' batlh.
}
}SuD: (HIvje' pep) 'oy' DaSIQjaj
}
}Doq: nIteb jIbechbe'. vavDaj DalIjbe'.
imperative: yIlIjQo'
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Robyn Stewart [email protected] tlhIngan Hol ngotlhchu'wI'