tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jun 17 07:54:29 1998
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KLBC
- From: B Clawson <[email protected]>
- Subject: KLBC
- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 08:59:08 -0600
KLBC -
jInIDpu' 'ej jIlujpu'.
> traps you into copying grammar and vocabulary as well as ideas and
> meter from the source language, and leads to very stilted and often
> outright wrong Klingon.
wej tlhIngan HolDaq vIQublaHbe'law'lI'vIS jIH jImughnISqu'ba'.
nuq SuHar?
> Someone has already told you about {tlhaq}. Never assume vocabulary
> isn't there. We have a very ecclectic lexicon.
Sure, but I usually give up after four tries or so with synonyms.
Clock? No. Watch? No. Timer? No. Hmmm, must not be a word.
Haven't memorized all 3,000 quite yet.
I really think Voragh's suggestion of HIq instead of bIQ would be most
appropriate: ramjep HIq yItlhutlhQo' (Thanks to Pagh for helping me
form my only acceptable sentence to date.)
jInIDpu' 'ej jIlujpu' 'ach jInIDqangqa'.
> Try:
> Qov is confused because my sentence is long.
> Qov is confused because of my sentence.
nI'mo' mu'tlheghwIj mIS Qov.
mu'tlheghwIjmo' mIS Qov.
- Tuv'el pach puqloD