tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Apr 11 15:11:07 1997
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RE: KLBC: Moving!
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: Moving!
- Date: Fri, 11 Apr 97 21:50:58 UT
On Friday, April 11, 1997 5:04 AM, [email protected] on behalf of Diego
'Mago' De Miguel wrote:
> I'm editing a page at GeoCities and, for a beginning, I've simply typed
>
> "Well! I'm moving... please stand by!"
> I've rendered it into Klingon as:
> maj! jIghoStaH... yIqImtaH!
>
> Is it OK? Any suggestions?
I probably wouldn't say {maj} here. {maj} expresses satisfaction. Are you
satisfied about something?
As for "I am moving," there are zillions of ways to say this. Your is one,
and it's fine.
I especially like your use of {qIm}. {loS} is "wait (for)," but {qIm} seems
much more appropriate. One question: are you addressing one person or
multiple people? If more than one person, you'd have to say {peqImtaH}.
> (Yes, I know all this it's a bit silly and rather basic, but I don't
> want to start my new page with mistakes :)! )
It's not silly. If you're unsure of the basics, work on *them*, and not the
difficult stuff, first.
--
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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