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KLBC - QInwIj Qav Soppu' De'wI' jay'!
- From: Burt Clawson <[email protected]>
- Subject: KLBC - QInwIj Qav Soppu' De'wI' jay'!
- Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 20:54:49 -0600
KLBC - QInwIj Qav Soppu' De'wI' jay'!
cha'Hu' mu' /-lu'/ QInwIj qeq vIngeHta' 'ach not nargh! QI'yaH! vaj
vIngeHqa'ta'.
reH pabqoqwIj vIlughmoH -
ja' Qov:
> > lurSa' be'etor je bIH vIghro'mey'e'.
> > Lursa and B'Etor are v'gro.
>
> Remember OVS. You're saying "they (l & b) are v'gro." Start by
> saying "They're v'gro" and then tack on the explanation of who 'they'
> are. Ha! I see why you did this: trying to duck the problem of where
> to put /-'e'/ when you had two nouns, weren't you? I'm surprised you
> didn't just try it and see. :) I'd put one /-'e'/ on each.
>
> Nice work.
>
<snicker> I figured there really isn't a *big* difference between "l &
b
are v'gro," and "The v'gro are l & b."
> Here are some /-lu'/ sentences to try. (There are other valid ways to
> translate, but use /-lu'/.)
>
> There are five flutes here.
vagh Dov'aghmey lutu'lu'.
> The faction was attacked.
tlhach HIvlu'.
> Kang had his beard trimmed.
qeng rol chIplu'ta'.
> Our culture is being destroyed.
nughmaj Qaw'lu'taH. (doesn't seem quite right to me, since the culture
can
be destroyed or altered without destroying the society.)yIn buvmaj
Qaw'lu'taH.
> There will be a Ferengi in the bar.
tachDaq verengan tu'lu'.
> Why doesn't this monitor get cleaned?
qatlh jIHvam Say'moHbe'lu'?
> ==
>
> Qov - Beginners' Grammarian
vay' chu':
bImoHchu' SoH. vaj verengan ngaghta'bogh SoS'e' vay' Darur.
"You are perfectly ugly. Thus, you resemble someone whose mother has
mated with a Ferengi."
- tuv'el, pach puqloD