tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Mar 19 22:41:47 1999

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Re: Fresh Food in Space



ja' quljIb:
>> >chu'moHmeH muD bIQ je, naHmey qeng'a' tlhIngan Duj.
>>
>> nuq chu'moHbogh Daqel?  bIghelchu'be' 'e' vIQub.
>> chu'moH muD bIQ je chay' 'e' luSIghlaH naHmey?
>
>I have to write this in Terran, there's just no way around it.

I have to answer the same way, since you're not catching on to what I
mean with my questions.  Let me translate what we've said:

You: Do Klingon ships carry fruits in order for the air and water to
     make [something] new?
Me:  What are you talking about that is made new?  I think that you
     didn't ask the question well.  How can fruits influence air and
     water making [something] new?

It looks like you should have used the suffix {-qa'} instead of {-moH}.
{chu'qa'meH muD bIQ je...} "...in order for the air and water to become
new again" would have worked perfectly.

>> >ghagh luqeng net Sov 'ach Ha'DIbaHmey je qeng'a'.
>>
>> Ha'DIbaHna' qeng Qugh HoD Duj.  HoD quS retlhDaq ba' 'oH.
>> Ha'DIbaHqoq qeng je Dujvetlh.  "Grissom" Qaw'bogh baHwI' yIqaw.
>
>{Dujvetlh} cockroach ship?? ship of cockroaches?? jIyajbe'qu'.

{-vetlh} is a noun suffix.  Try reading it again with that knowledge.

>ghobe',  baHwI' vIqawbe'. paqvetlh vIlaDta'be'.

paq 'oHbe'.  "Star Trek III" 'oH.

>bIQDep ngaSwI'mey pIpuS ngaSwI'mey joq qeng tlhIngan may'Dujmey 'e'
>vIHaplaH. (I can also see Klingon battle cruisers carrying fish or lobster
>tanks.)

Hap?  Better get that spell-checker online fast -- "see" is {legh}.

-- ghunchu'wI'




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