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*BG* jIHpu' vaj DaH ja'nISba' pagh, 'ach 'eqlaw' pagh 'ej chaq 
bIboHchoH. tlhIngan Hol neH vIlo'chugh vaj chaq qaQaHlaH 'ach 
taghwI'pu' vInuQbe'.

On Fri, 18 Dec 1998 13:09:35 -0800 (PST) Matt Johnson 
<[email protected]> wrote:

> pagh,

charghwI' 'utlh jIH. tugh Dujang pagh 'e' vIpIH.
 
> I posted this when you were 'snowed under' with KLBCs... I guess you may
> have missed it. Here it is again. [And if you *didn't* miss it the first
> time, jIQoS.]

nom qajang. tugh Dujang.
 
> ======
> 
> Savan.
> 
> pagh, yIlaD 'ej yIlughmoH -- jIchu'taHvIS, jIDubmeH jIghojnISqu'taH.

ghojnISqu'taH Hoch. jIghojnIStaH je.

> ===
> lutHom 'oH. 
> 
> nom meHDaq De'wI' ghun QeDpIn. 
> pay' tlhopHomDaq So'Ha'law'pu' romuluSngan veSDuj 'e' jatlh ya.

not lugh <<'e' jatlh>>. <<'e'>> yIchagh. 'ej <<tlhopHomDaq>>? 
qatlh <<-Hom>> Dalo'? ram'a'? machchugh tlhopvam 'ach 
potlhchugh, vaj <<-Hom>> Dalo'be'nIS. ramchugh yIlo'.

> HaStavaD mutlhob HoD. jIHeQta' 'a pagh tu'lu'! 
> pIHbej HoD. wIyDaj 'olqa' 'e' ya ra' HoD.

nuqjatlh? nuq 'oH wot <<ra'>> *object*? <<ya>>? <<'e'>>? wa' DoS 
neH yIbuS. tlhIngan mu'ghom 'ay' jav DoD cha' DoD vagh 
yIlaDqa'chu'! wej Dayajlaw'. tlhoS, 'ach jatlhlu'DI' reH bIQagh.

> bejpu' ya.
> QeDpInvaD yIt 'ej ngoqDaj ghun vInuD.

qatlh QeDpInvaD yIt'a'? yItlaHbe''a' QeDpIn? chaq <<QeDpIn 
ghoS>> Dalo' DaneH. <<gnoqDaj ghun vInuD>>? nuqjatlh? pagh 
meqmo' cha' wot Dalo'pu'. yIQubqa'.

> muHaghmoH! mujchu' ngoqqoqDaj. 

ghaytan <<ngoq>> Dalo'Ha'pu'. <<De'wI' DaghunHa'pu'>> yIqel.

> veSDuj tu'lu'be'bogh leghmoH!

<<De'wI' DaghunHa'pu'mo' maHvaD veSDujqoq DaleghmoHlaw'. 
mInDu'maj toj QapHa'bogh De'wI'>>

> QeHqu' HoD. QaghmeyDajmo', bIghHa'vaD QeDpIn ngeH HoD. 

DIch vIghajbe'. {-vaD} Dalo'Ha'taH 'e' vIpIH. QeDpIn ngeHDI' 
HoD, bIghHa' QaH pagh. qama' moj QeDpIn. bIghHa' DabchoH QeDpIn 
'e' raD HoD.
 
> ===
> 
> DaH, DIvI' Hol De' qanob.
> 
> On the bridge, the science officer was programming the computer quickly. 
> Suddenly, the tactical officer said that a Romulan warship apparently
> decloaked right in front of them.

*Indirect quotation* Dalo'pu'. wej mIwvam Del *Okrand*. chaq 
mIwvam tu'lu' 'ach wej wItu'. DaH *direct quotation* Dalo'nIS.

> The captain asked me for visual. 

mIwvam wISovbe'bough Dalo'qa'pu'.

> I complied, but there was nothing
> there!

naDev *past tense* Dalo' 'ach DungDaq *perfective* Dalo'. 
yIqelqa'.

> The captain was certainly suspicious. He ordered the tactical officer to
> recheck his display.
> The tactical officer was sure. 
> I walked to the science officer and checked his programming.

qay'.

> It made me laugh! It was clearly wrong. It caused him to see a warship
> that was not there!

qay'.

> The captain was angry. Due to his errors, he sent the science officer to
> the brig.
> 
> ====
> Questions:
> 
> I noted all manner of arguments about reported speech in the FAQ. Does
> my second sentence work?

ghobe'.

> Sentence 4: I think I'm looking for a sentence as an indirect object...
> can I get away with what
> I've done?

ghobe'.

> Sentence 6: Hacked it about to avoid ambiguity. Does {ngoqDaj ghun} work
> for 'his programming'?

ghobe'.

> I don't think you'll like the way I used {ngoq}... (}}8-)

bIqar.

> -- 
> qonwI'                               <mailto:[email protected]>
 
charghwI' 'utlh



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