tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Feb 09 17:27:57 1998
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Re: muD Dotlh
At 09:30 AM 2/9/98 -0800, you wrote:
>In a message dated 98-02-06 15:27:08 EST, SuSvaj writes:
>
><< jImonqu' :-) DaHjaj, vengwIjDaq tuj muD. motlh, chalDaq vengmey law'
> tu'lu' 'ej bIr muD, 'ach DaHjaj SuDqu' chal, 'ej 'IH jaj. DaH tIqlIj
> DaSoplaH ;-)
> >>
>---peHruS writes back----
>loQ jImIS
>motlh chalDaq vengmey law' tu'lu'
>nuqjatlh nuq DaHech
jIbachHa'. As has been repeatedly pointed out to me, my fingers were
typing faster here than my brain could keep up (as is sometimes the case).
I meant
motlh chalDaq 'engmey law' tu'lu'.
>I got the line about "Now you can eat your heart out."
>
>For the experts on this listserv: How do we feel about 'IH jaj? Can the
day,
>which just might be a time word, be beautiful? If so, it is poetic.
>Elsewise, I suggest, e.g., DaHjaj 'IH chal.
We have "'IH jaj" from canon in "Power Klingon." It is correct Klingon,
however it is not something that a Klingon is likely to say. Nor is it
something a Terran customer should say to a shop keeper if he wants to stay
alive.
SuSvaj
>
>pItlh Qapla'
>
>