tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu May 28 13:04:17 1998
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Re: Qong bom
ghItlh Steven Boozer
> : }HurDaq jItlI' targh.
> : Outside the targ is ???-ing.
> :
> : I don't know the verb /jIt/. Am I just out of it today?
> :
> : }Qong puqwI' Qong,
> : }HurDaq jItlI' targh.
> :
> : Etcetera. What the heck is /jIt/?
> :
> : Qov
>
> Could s/he mean {yIt} "walk"? Is /j/ pronounced like English consonantal
> /y/ in Dutch as it is in German?
Yes and Yes.
Walk is appropriate here, because in the song the sheep is indeed
walking.
And /j/ is pronounced in Dutch as English and Klingon /y/.
I must say that I think mu' QujwI' did a good job on this one. I
know, the grammar is not entirely correct, but it's perfectly
sing-able because the meter is the same as the original.
Though I don't think I will be able to sing a child asleep in
Klingon... }}:-)
/Doneq
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