tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jul 30 11:00:02 1998
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Re: wej qIDmey latlh qID muqawqa'moH
- From: Robyn Stewart <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: wej qIDmey latlh qID muqawqa'moH
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 10:46:35 -0700 (PDT)
> ja' Edy:
> >-HIja', ja' tlhIngan 'ach not puqpu'Daj legh ghew.
> >- Yes, said the klingon, but she will never see her children.
qIDwIj:
----------
Saqpu' Duj. rIn Hoq. DaH ja'chuq beq 'e' poQ HoD. HoDpa'Daq
jatlhtaH. Duj luqel. nIn luqel. nIch luqel. nI' qep 'ej Dalqu'choH.
HoDvaD jatlh baHwI'. <potlhba' qepvam 'ach muloS puqpu'wI'. vIje'meH
jIwamnIS. DaH jItlheD>. QamchoH 'ej mej ghaH.
taH qep. yuQmey qel. tep luqel. nI'qu' qep. jatlh chIjwI' <potlhba'
qepvam 'ach Qupqu' ghuwI' qorDu'wIj vIQorghnIS. jItlheD> QamchoH 'ej
mej.
taHtaH qep. jatlhchoH QumpIn <potlhba' qepvam 'ach ...>
qagh HoD, <Qoreq Sogh, puqpu' Daghajbe'bej 'e' vISov>.
jatlh Sogh <bIlugh ... 'ej rInbe'chugh qepvam not chaH vISuq!>
SKI: Ok, the ideas of a long boring Klingon meeting, Klingon childcare
responsibilties and Klingons lying politely doesn't translate well,
but I tried.
An exercise for intermediate beginners: explain the joke. No, not
translate it. EXPLAIN the point of the joke. qatlh puqpu' SuqlaHbe'
Sogh? In Klingon, of course.
==
Qov - Beginners' Grammarian
_________________________________________________________
DO YOU YAHOO!?
Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com