tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Oct 30 15:20:54 2006
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Re: Dilbert Comic in Klingon for 2006/10/24
>pm5 wrote:
> >Doqbot: {qaS wanI' qab bInajvIS'a'?} (3)
> >Dogbert: "Bad dream?"
Da'vID:
>I don't think <-vIS> can occur without <-taH>, except in certain special
>phrases. Also, the placement of <-'a'> looks odd to me. The question
>pertains to whether or not something bad happened, not whether or not
>Dilbert is dreaming. But it looks like Dogbert is asking, *"Something
>bad happened, was it while you were dreaming?"
>
> <bInajtaHvIS qaS'a' wanI' qab?>
>
>I would suggest something more active, not merely "Did something bad
>occur?" but "Did you encounter something bad?"
>
> <bInajtaHvIS ghu' Qob Daghom'a'?>
... referring back to our only example of dreaming about something:
bInajtaHvIS qeylIS Daghomjaj!
May you encounter Kahless in your dreams! PK
But there may be a simpler way to render Dogbert's question:
bInajHa''a'?
"Did you mis-dream?"
Granted we've never seen *{najHa'}, but it's plausible. We've seen {naj}
with two other suffixes: {yInajchu'} "Dream well!" (usually said to
children) and {najmoHwI'} "lullaby" (lit. "one [i.e. song] that causes one
to dream").
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons