tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Oct 15 05:25:08 1997
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KLBC: Some phrases.
- From: "Bjorn X Oqvist" <[email protected]>
- Subject: KLBC: Some phrases.
- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 05:25:46 PDT
A frind of mine found this "Speak Icelandic like a Restless Native" page
on
the web ( http://www.saga.is/Netcafe/Iceland/Icelandic/index.html )
filled
with lots of exiting phrases in Icelandic. I tried translating a few of
them into klingon an here's the restult. Could you please point out any
errors I've might have done?
I'm a forigner, but that's a long story.
{jInov 'ach 'e' 'oH lut nI''e'.}
I've got loads of money.
{Huch law' vIghaj.} or perhaps {DeQ law' vIghaj.}
(Don't know if one can use {law'} on "money".)
You have beautiful eyes.
{mInDu' 'IH Daghaj.}
No is no answer.
{xxx 'oHbe' <<ghobe'>>'e'}
(Is there a word for "answer (n)"? I haven't got the KGT yet, perhaps
it
was in there?)
Where do I find the local dealer?
(but it's more like "Where can I find a merchant around here?")
{nuqDaq naDev Suy vItu'?}
(Yeah, alright, so I know it lost something in translation, but I was
wondering, can I have *both* {nuqDaq} and {naDev} in the same
sentence
like this?)
Where can I buy ten pairs of white socks?
("Where can I buy two times ten white socks.")
{nuqDaq cha'logh wa'maH paSlogh chIS vIje'}
(So this is might be a poor translation, but how do I say pair? Or
does
paSlogh mean "a pair of socks"? TKD says only "socks" - but in
*plural*,
how should one interpret that?)
Where is the action?
{nuqDaq vangtaHghach vItu'.}
(Is there a noun meaning "action"? Have I used {ghach} correctly?)
Do you accept VISA?
{[VISA] Dalaj'a'?}
Choose Klingon! (Popular booterism slogan)
(Was of course "Choose Icelandic!")
{tlhIngan yIwIv!}
Kronos for Klingons. (Recist remark)
{Qo'noSvaD tlhInganpu'!}
One more thing. I know that all adverbials can function alone as
excamations (TKD 5.4, last), but how about question words? Can *any*
simple
question word stand alone as a question (such as {'Iv} for "Who?" etc.).
I
CK MO himself user {'ar} that way, but does it apply to all of them?
/'eQ
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