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RE: KLBC - tera'Daq lengwIj wa'DIch

lab tuv'el:
> 
> KLBC - tera'Daq lengwIj wa'DIch
> 
> ja' pagh:
> > > jIghung; qagh vIrur. vaj tera' Soj qub jabbogh
> 
> > Did you really look for a restaurant that served <Soj qub>. 
> > I would associate <Soj qub> with really expensive restaurants. 
> > I suspect there are only one or two Italian restaurants in San 
> > Francisco that would even want to claim to serve <Soj qub>. 
> > Probably just <Soj> would be better.
> 
> I said I wanted "haute cuisine" not that I neccessarily found it.

DaH jIyaj. bIlugh.

> > > <tay> Qe' jItu'. qabqu'be' <tay> Soj.
> 
> > Should be <vItu'>. Note that "not too bad" is not as 
> > complimentary in Klingon as it is in English.
> 
> I was trying for the idea of "not absolutely horrid"

And that is exactly what you said.

> <tera'Daq lengwIj wa'DIch> 'ay' wa'
> lut qon tuv'el, pach puqloD
> 
> jogh wa'Daq tera' tu'lu'. Human juHqo' 'oH. qIbvamDaq tera' 
> Huj law' Hoch qo' Huj puS. tera' mach law' Qo'noS mach puS. 
> vaj jIHvaD pujlaw' tera' tlham. <San veranSISqo'> vengDaq 
> jIpawDI' Qapbe'qa' mughwI'wIj. Do' jIQuptaHvIS DIvI' Hol 
> vIHaD. jIghung; qagh vIrur. vaj tera' Soj qub jabbogh Qe' 
> vInej. <'Italyan> Qe' vItu' 'ej vI'el. jabwI'vaD jIjatlh 
> <jIHvaD Soj tlhorgh yIqem>. tlhorghHa'qu' Sojqoq qembogh. 
> vutwI' quv vIqIH 'e' vIpoQ 'ej jIjatlh <Sojvam vISoplaHbe'. 
> DaH jIHvaD Soj jej yIqem!> muyajHa'mo' jIHvaD pIpyuS pach 
> qem. mebpa'meyDaq jIpawDI' qagh vISuq 'e' vInID 'ach qagh 
> Qop neH vIHev jay'! tera' vISuchqa'chugh tlhIngan leng Soj 
> law' vIqembej.
> 
> <tera'Daq lengwIj wa'DIch> 'ay' cha'
> 
> tunqu' QongDaqwIj vaj ravDaq jIQong. jIvemDI' <San DI'eygho'> 
> vengDaq Hu vIleghmeH jIjaH. HochHom tera' Ha'DIbaHmey vIlegh. 
> Sargh tIn rurbogh Ha'DIbaH vIlegh 'ach tIqqu' mongDaj. jIjatlh 
> <Sargh rurlaw' Ha'DIbaHvetlh.> muQoy tera'ngan be'Hom Qup
> 'ej mujang <ghobe'. <jI'rav> 'oH Ha'DIbaHvetlh'e' 'ach 
> bIQ'a'Daq yIn Sarghmey.> bIQDep yoSDaq jI'elpa' ghaH 
> vIyajbe'qu' jIH. <SarIq> vIlegh. norgh rur tera' Ha'DIbaHvam. 
> vaj mIS tera'ngan be'Hom. Qo'noS Ha'DIbaH yoS ngaS Hu. pa' 
> vIratlhtaHvIS tlham HoS vItIvchu'. Qo'noS ghor rurbej yoSvam 
> 'ach wa' Qagh Sagh tu'lu'. SorDaq So'taHbogh yIH 'up tu'lu'! 
> vIHoH 'e' vInID 'ach mubot Surchemmo'. 

Leave off the <-mo'>. <mubot Surchem>.

> Hu ra'wI' vIchuH. Qo'noSDaq yIHmey yInbe'qu'. yIHmey 
> muSchu'qu' Hoch tlhInganpu'. tlhIngan juHqo' 'oHHa' yIHmey 
> juHqo''e'. QeHqu'choHmo' ghaH jImer. nongqu'laH Humanpu' 
> 'e' vISovbe'; vulqanganpu' rurbe''a'?
>
> <tay> Qe' vItu'. qabqu'be' <tay> Soj.

maj.

> <tera'Daq lengwIj wa'DIch> 'ay' wej
> 
> DaHjaj <parIS> veng vISuch. qaStaHvIS ram jIpaw. 

Here you can just say <ram jIpaw>. <ram> is a perfectly valid timestamp,
just like <DaHjaj> or <wa'leS>.

> Human ghe'naQ vIQoy vIneH. tlhIngan ghe'naQ nIt 
> 'oHbe'ba' Human ghe'naQ nItHa''e'!  QoQchaj vIpar.
> 
> <'ayvel> <luv> je vISuch.  runHa'qu' <'ayvel> qach. 
> Hewmey law' bey'mey law' je ngaSbogh qach 'oH <luv>'e'. 

As a style suggestion, <... ngaS <luv> qach> would probably be better
than <... ngaSbogh qach 'oH <luv>'e'>.

> betleH bey' vIlegh 'ej <'Iw 'Ip ghommey> rurbogh Hew 
> vIlegh. Hewmey vIparHa'chu' 'ach Hujqu' bey'mey. tera' 
> lalDan chIrgh tIQ vISuchDI' <gharghoyIl> Hew vIlegh. 
> veqlargh rur <gharghoyIl>. Daj je Qorwaghmey nguv.

<pe'> ...

> "My first voyage to Earth" part III
> 
> Today I visited the city of Paris.  I arrived while it was 
> still night.  I wanted to listen to a Human opera.  Impure 
> Human opera is obviously not Klingon Grand Opera!  I dislike 
> their music.  
> 
> I visited the "Eiffel" and the "Louvre."  The "Eiffel" 
> building is very tall.  The "Louvre" is a building that 
> contains many statues and displays. I saw a Bat'telh 
> display and a statue that looked like "blood oath circles."
> I really liked the statues, but the displays were very 
> strange.  When I visited the ancient temple of an Earth 
> religeon, I saw a "gargoyle" statue. A "gargoyle" resembles 
> the Fek'lhr.  The stained-glass windows were also interesting.

majQa'! 'ey lutvam. yItaHmoH.


pagh
Beginners' Grammarian

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