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Re: *Barney* bom KLBC



[email protected] wrote:

cha'logh vIlughmoH 'e' vInID 'ej cha'logh QapHa'choH De'wI'wIj. ngoD
toblu'pu': mIgh Barney.

Not your fault, but I'm not going to go through it a third time. 
Errors are generally in verb prefixes. Consider person and number for
each. 1st + anything= 1st plural, 2nd + 3rd = 2nd plural, 3rd + 3rd =
3rd plural.  And be' and je don't rhyme any better than me and bead.

> *Barney* bom vImuch 'e' HIchaw'
> 
> qamuSbe'										"I love you."
> 
> chomuSbe'										"You love me."
> 
> ReH tay' tlhIH tuq'a'maj je						"We're a happy family."
> 												Recast as "You will always be part 												of our
great
> house."  The reason for 												the type 1 suffix (augmentative)
> 													was to help the meter.
> 
> SoH nIDechqu' DeSDu'wIj 'ej mapaw' maH		"With a great big hug and
kiss from
> 												me to you."
> 												Recast as "My arms surround you 													and we head
butt each
> other."  														Reasons; sounds more Klingon, 													no
words for
> hug and kiss and the 													rhyme.
> 
> chomuSbe' 'e' jIjatlhtaH						"Won't you say you love me too?"
> 												Recast as "Say you love me over and 												over!" 
Reason;
> just my own belief 												that Barney has a sinister agenda.
> 
> Well, that's it.  I know at least one of the rhymes is forced and
the meter
> maybe off.  It works when I sing it, though.
> 
> 

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