tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 29 17:27:53 1998
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KLBC: nom
- From: "Eduardo Fonseca" <[email protected]>
- Subject: KLBC: nom
- Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 19:42:59 -0300
ghunchu'wI' ghItlh:
>ja' Edy:
>>Peace is not a gift from God, but a conquer of the Spirit
>>roj nunobbe' joH'a'. qa' chav 'oH'e'
>
>It's very close. I suspect some of the problem is with the English rather
>than the Klingon, though. :-) I'm confused by the word "conquer" here;
>it's a verb where the English requires a noun, and it's nothing like the
>idea I see in the Klingon. I'll go with the Klingon and you can correct
>me if I got it wrong.
A friend of mine asked me to translate. I said him that the translation won't be literally as he wish, but very closed. On the other hand it could sound a bit strange.
"roj nobbe' joH'a'. roj chav qa'" or "roj nobbe' joH'a'. chav qa'" sounds good also. But I still prefer "roj nobbe' joH'a'. qa' chav 'oH" once {'oH} is refering to {roj} not {joH'a'}. I'm not able to understand "That avoids the weak and noun-centric phrasing of using {'oH} as a verb." yet. Of course, the more we study the language, the more we see clearer these minutie.
Sure, I misunderstood the use of 'oH/'oH'e' in the sentence. Sometimes I make some confusion with the pronouns and use them in wrong ways.
Edy