tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Feb 13 15:06:29 1998
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Re: KBLC [K'ryntes]
- From: "Robyn Stewart" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KBLC [K'ryntes]
- Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 15:05:36 PST
- Organization: NLK Consultants, Inc.
- Priority: normal
- Return-receipt-to: "Robyn Stewart" <[email protected]>
SuStel wrote:
> From: Robyn Stewart <[email protected]>
>>SuStel asked:
>>>>ghaHvaD qoH pong Hoch
>>>>
>>>>This probably has the same ambiguity as the English "Call me a
>>>>cab!" ("Ok, lady, you're a cab.")
>>>
>>>Huh? How is this ambiguous in Klingon? "He" is getting the name of
>>>"fool."
>>
>>ghaHvaD qoH pong Hoch *could* mean that everyone named a fool in
>>some way that made him the beneficiary of the action, other than
>>being the namee.
>
>It IS possible, but I really doubt that such a problem would come
>about very often. And any time such a meaning was intended, there
>would have to be plenty of context to back it up.
jIQaplaHbe', qar'a'? jIH 'em vIQanbe'chugh 'o'wIj HIvlu' 'ach jIH
'em vIQanchugh pe'vIl jatlh yu'wI'pu' qatlh 'o'lIjDaq yoDvetlh Huj
tu'lu'?
jIQochbe', SuStel. Hoch lurgh vIqel 'e' vInID neH.
- Qov