tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jun 11 06:37:03 2009
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RE: Spanish joke
Voragh wrote:
>> -Camarero, he encontrado un pelo en la sopa y no es mío.
>> -Démelo, lo guardaremos por si vienen a reclamarlo.
>>
>> -Waiter, I've found a hair in my soup and it's not mine.
>> -Give it to me. We'll keep it in case someone comes to claim it.
>>
>> -jabwI', chatlhDaq jIb vItu'pu' 'ej jIbwIj 'oHbe'.
>> -jIb HInob; wIpol. poQmeH chaq jaHchugh vay'.
DloraH:
>My problem is that you have both chaq and -chugh.
>HInob. wIpol, chaq chegh vay' 'ej poQ.
Ah, good point; I failed to fully edit my previous version. I think just dropping {-chugh} will do it:
(jIb) HInob; wIpol. chaq poQmeH jaH vay'.
HInob. (jIb) wIpol; chaq poQmeH jaH vay'.
I was trying to stay close to the original, but {chegh} "return" works too.
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Voragh
Canon Master of the Klingons