tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 30 11:29:41 1998
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KLBC: RB Illusions
- From: "Eduardo Fonseca" <[email protected]>
- Subject: KLBC: RB Illusions
- Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 17:28:06 -0200
More sentences to practice.
>>>If you want to eat in the kitchen then bring a chair.
>>vutpa'Daq bISop DaneHchugh vaj quS Daqem
>
>One problem. The last verb should be imperative, an order. The
>sentence you have translates to "If you want to eat in the kitchen
>then you <will bring a chair/brought a chair/bring a chair>."
>Use instead the imperative {quS yIqem}.
I was in doubt when I wrote that.
>>>Tomorrow they will have finished arguing.
>>wa'leS ghoH lurInpu' (I had problems here)
>
>Remember, {rIn} means "be finished." Its subject is the thing that
>is finished, it does not seem to take an object.And you know that
>the only verb that can take another verb as its object is {neH}.
>
>{wa'leS ghoHta' chaH} You could add {rIntaH} if there was some reason
>to be truly definite about the completion, and if you like to watch
>charghwI' wince. :)
:-))
>>>They finished the espionage.
>>lInDab lurInta'
>
>The subject of {rIn} is the thing that is finished. Not the object.
>This sentence is translated "They caused the espionage to be
>finished." {lInDab lurInmoH}
Ok.
>More to work on (some are ambiguous: any Klingon sentence that could
>reasonably be translated to give the English is fine):
wa' peng lo' 'ej vagh negh HoHchu'pu' / wa' peng vagh negh HoHchu'pu'
>He finished five soldiers with one torpedo.
Qe' ngo'Daq vagh nay'mey Sopchu'
>He finished five courses in the old restaurant.
HoqvaD vagh qoq chu' chenmoHta'
>He finished five new robots for the expedition.
vagh raSmey ngo'qu' rInmoH 'ej quS chuS tI'
>He finished five antique tables and fixed the noisy chair.
wa'maH Sochvatlhrep vum 'e' mev 'ej 'uQ Soprep
>He finished at five and was ready for dinner.
jorbeHDI' nIchvam DoqchoH bobcho'vam / jorbeHDI' nIchvam Doq moj bobcho'vam
>This module turns red when the ammunition is ready to explode.
wa'Hu' taS Hurgh pojta' tej
>Yesterday the scientist had finished analyzing the dark solution.
ngong wIrInmoHchugh vaj SIbI' yagh yIchev
>If we finish the experiment, immediately isolate the organism.
vulqangan vuQ tlhIl Qobvam
>This dangerous mineral will fascinate the Vulcan.
verengan ghIj tlhIlmey ramvam
>These trivial minerals will frighten the Ferengi.
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