tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 13 13:00:54 1998
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RE: wej qIDmey latlh qID muqawqa'moH
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: wej qIDmey latlh qID muqawqa'moH
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 12:56:57 -0700
lab Qov:
>
> qIDwIj:
> ----------
> Saqpu' Duj. rIn Hoq. DaH ja'chuq beq 'e' poQ HoD. HoDpa'Daq
> jatlhtaH. Duj luqel. nIn luqel. nIch luqel. nI' qep 'ej Dalqu'choH.
>
> HoDvaD jatlh baHwI'. <potlhba' qepvam 'ach muloS puqpu'wI'. vIje'meH
> jIwamnIS. DaH jItlheD>. QamchoH 'ej mej ghaH.
>
> taH qep. yuQmey qel. tep luqel. nI'qu' qep. jatlh chIjwI' <potlhba'
> qepvam 'ach Qupqu' ghuwI' qorDu'wIj vIQorghnIS. jItlheD> QamchoH 'ej
> mej.
>
> taHtaH qep. jatlhchoH QumpIn <potlhba' qepvam 'ach ...>
>
> qagh HoD, <Qoreq Sogh, puqpu' Daghajbe'bej 'e' vISov>.
>
> jatlh Sogh <bIlugh ... 'ej rInbe'chugh qepvam not chaH vISuq!>
>
> SKI: Ok, the ideas of a long boring Klingon meeting, Klingon childcare
> responsibilties and Klingons lying politely doesn't translate well,
> but I tried.
>
> An exercise for intermediate beginners: explain the joke. No, not
> translate it. EXPLAIN the point of the joke. qatlh puqpu' SuqlaHbe'
> Sogh? In Klingon, of course.
jIHaghtaHvIS ravDaq jIpumbe', 'ach jIchuSchoHbe'meH nItlhwIj vIchop.
muDuQlaw' lutlIj, Ho'wIj je.
pagh