tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue May 19 21:51:48 1998
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Re: KLBC: U2 Lyrics
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: U2 Lyrics
- Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 21:48:23 -0700
At 09:14 98-05-17 -0700, Matt wrote:
}On Fri, May 15, 1998 at 11:19:29PM -0700, Qov wrote:
}> }Am I trying to be too ambitious? Is it unwise to set my goals so high?
}> Translating a song is always tough.
}I think I'll stick to simple 'single idea' sentences like yours below. I
}should make less mistakes and therefore get less despondent!
I think it's easier to learn doing one thing at a time, but not everyone does.
}> I visit the Klingons.
}tlhInganpu' vISuch.
maj.
}> I know that you visit the Klingons.
}tlhInganpu' DaSuch 'e' vISov.
majQa'.
}> You ate the dishes. (the meals, not the plates)
}nay'pu' DaSopta'. (You singular)
Ack. Do you have something against the suffix {-mey}?
The plural suffix {-pu'} is ONLY for beings that can use language.
{nay'pu'} is wrong
My English did not imply the perfective, so I'd prefer you translate as
simple past:
nay'mey DaSop
}> I know that you ate the dishes.
}nay'pu' DaSopta' 'e' vISov.
nay'mey DaSop 'e' vISov
}> His hands are on his head.
}nachDaq bIH ghopDu'.
Two ways:
nachDajDaq bIH ghopDu'Daj'e'.
OR
nachDajDaq ghopDu'Daj lutu'lu'.
}I am not sure about that last one. It is about a being capable of using
}language but the subject are
}*his hands* which are not capable of using language.
}So I chose bIH instead of chaH.
Right.
You forgot something, though. The topic marker {-'e'} is NOT optional in
such sentences. Also I said "his" in both cases. I know that in some
languages the possessive is not used with body parts, or not used in all
situations, so I hesitate before demanding it in Klingon. I put it in
above, though.
}One final query: Is my sig correct? I want to quote Descartes' famous "I
think }therfore I am".
There have been numerous threads on this topic. Search the archives.
}vaj yIyIn vIQub
"Thus live! (command) I think it."
Not really what you're looking for, eh?
Now: re-read section 3.3.2 carefully, and form the normal plurals of the
following nouns:
volchaH, romuluSngan, tera', ghIch, yoD, peng, Qugh, qIgh, puq, boQ, pIp,
taj, lojmIt
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