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RE: Unfinished business for tuv'el

lab Qov:
> 
> Just before pagh's punishment began, tuv'el and I were discussing the
> analysis of diseased sentences.  I promised him some diseased
> sentences to work on.  I hope pagh won't consider it infringement on
> his newly-acquired territory if I finish what I started and deliver
> the sentences.  Here are a few written a couple of years ago by an
> over-enthusiastic list newbie who thought her diseased Klingon was
> Kayless' own gift to the list.  Maybe seeing her sentences publically
> ridiculed will teach her some humility.

I don't mind at all. More ammunition for the firing squad.....

> Your assignment, tuv'el, is to explain what is wrong with
> the sentences, and fix them, if they can be saved.  Your choice
> whether to send your analysis for pagh's attention or mine.  

chojoy' 'e' DatIv'a', Qovoy?

> THESE SENTENCES ALL HAVE ERRORS.
> 
> tlhIngan Hol lujatlh ghotpu' 'e' vInejtaH.
> I looked (on an ongoing basis) for people who spoke Klingon.
> 
> Hol qab lujatlh ghotpu' 'e' vItu'pu'. 
> The people I found spoke bad Klingon.
> 
> tIqbej 'oHmo' loS 'ay' vIlab.
> I'm sending four parts because it's unquestionably long.
> 
> jIHvaD yuch qatbogh chagh.
> He dropped the wrapped chocolate for me.
> 
> mochwI' ghogh vIQoy <QuvlIj maghaj. yIjolrup!> 
> I heard the voice of my superior. "We have your coordinates.  Stand by
> for beam up!"
> 
> yIHHommeyna'wIjvo' HIchevnISQo'neS jIDub'eghqanqqa'moHlaHbejtaHneSmo' 
> Please, you mustn't separate me from my true little tribbles, as I am
> willing and able to once more make myself go on definitely improving,
> your honour.
> 
> qaSIgh 'e' jIbel. 
> I'm glad that I influenced you.
> ----
> Maybe your ability to detect the problems in your own sentences will
> improve when you look at someone else's messes.
> 
> (If anyone's feeling sorry for the poor beginner I'm ridiculing,
> relax. She changed her name to Qov, and her Klingon is slowly 
> improving.)
> ==
> 
> Qov - FORMER Beginners' Grammarian

Good luck, tuv'el.

pagh
Beginners' Grammarian

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