tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Oct 22 19:48:37 1997
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Re: plans
- From: "Neal Schermerhorn" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: plans
- Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 22:52:44 -0400
ghItlh muHwI':
>So is there no way to say things like in english:
>"I want to see how a ship is..."
>"...why it is..."
>"...when it was..."
>"...where he went..." etc.
Duj chenmoHlu' 'e' vIbej vIneH.
Duj chenmoHlu'meH meq vIyaj vIneH.
Dujvam chenmoHlu'meH poH vIghoj vIneH.
Daq ghoSbogh vIbej vIneH.
>We always have to recast?
Translation is ALWAYS recasting. Sometimes a little, sometimes a lot. That's
what differentiates a language from a code.
>Can we say:
>"How is it built? I want to know that!"
>{chay' chenlu'}
>{De' vISov vIneH}
teH 'e' vIHar.
Qermaq