tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Sep 02 16:21:24 1998
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RE: KLBC - loD'a' vIlIgh
- From: TPO <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC - loD'a' vIlIgh
- Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 19:21:49 -0400
>>vIlIghQo'chugh loD'a' maw' SoH.
>
>A little prefix trouble and a little sentence order trouble. The first bit
>should be <loD'a' bolIghQo'chugh> - "If you (plural) refuse to ride Superman
>..". Since you are addressing the whole list with this message, the plural
>is appropriate. Your use of <-Qo'> instead of <-be'> is nice here - it gives
>some extra meaning the English doesn't have.
>
>The second part of the sentence should be <Sumaw' tlhIH>, or even better
>just <Sumaw'>. Remember that pronouns are not necessary - the information
>they provide is available in the verb prefix.
>
>Finally, I don't really know if the Klingon word <maw'> can be used as
>freely as the English "crazy", or if it is reserved for significant mental
>illness. I don't have any evidence one way or the other (Voragh ?), just a
>feeling. Something to think about.
>
>pagh
>Beginners' Grammarian
KGT p122 (bottom of page)
bImaw''a'? Duvuv SuS DaneH'a'?
"Are you crazy? Do you want the wind to respect you?"
slang- What's with you? Are you an idiot?
DloraH