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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: 'ay' cha'vatlh loSmaH cha': cha' lupDujHommey

Robyn Stewart ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol po'wI']

At 08:03 '?????' 7/25/2012, Rohan Fenwick - QeS 'utlh wrote:


ghItlhpu' Qov, jatlh:
> jonwI' boQtaH 'eSSIm.[297]

jIjang, jIjatlh:
> Assisting the repair crew vicariously through 'eSSIm, hmm? :)

mujang Qov, jatlh:
> nIteb vangtaHbogh tej ghaHmo' laH ghaj. laH ghajbe' Mahoun.

I meant, were  *you* assisting the repair crew vicariously through 'eSSIm?
(The footnote was what made me wonder.)


Ah ghobe'. muDa 'eSSIm.  tel bIngDaq vumtaHvIS jonwI', Dochmey vInob.
DaHjaj jISaqDI' muloS jonwI'. cha'Hu' muD DujwIj lulaghDI 'ej laghHa'DI' 'ay' lujomqa' 'e' lulIjlaw'. IKEA 'aHvaD neH qaSbe'. 


Qov:
> 'ej QunDajvaD qoy'taH.

jIH:
> I love the different castings we come up with for things Klingons really
> don't do. I did "pray" at least three different ways in the Rime - qoy',
> jatlh, Qum...

Qov:
> There are different prayings: pIm tay, qoy', tlho'.

Oh, I know. quvmoH and tlhob are also distinct possibilities. I just like
that in Klingon you kinda have to spell out what your purpose is.


It makes it seem odd that in English we have one word regardless of purpose.


Qov:
> lupDuj cha'DIch qIpbe'pu' qImyalHey tIH. 'eSSIm Du' qach qIppu' 'ej
> meQchoH. «tIrwIj'e'!» jatlh 'eSSIm.

jIH:
> Sadly, my first thought was "That's okay, if they're just carbonised
> they'll still be identifiable." Yes, I'm a geek. What of it?

Qov:
> majQa'! Do'Ha' 'eSSIm jInmolvaD tIr SepnIS.

HIja' - Satlh jInmol loHtaH 'e' vIqaw. tIr SuQ SeptaH, qar'a'?
DaHjaj jIvumtaHvIS yaH qochwI'vaD wanI'vam vIDel. tIr meQlu'pu'bogh Dangu'laHmo' bIDoj 'e' wuq. 


jIH:
> Hmmm. I'd put all these goings-on down on the planet's surface out of my
> mind. Time to go back and reread some more, methinks.

Qov:
> The goings on on the planet ... gah, too much to summarize.

qay'be'qu'. vIlaDqa'meH meq vInejlI' 'ej DaH vIghajbej. :P
vI'olmeH vIlaDqa'lI' jIH. muQuchmoH. 'ach potlhqu'be' 'ay''a' loS wanI'mey. SoHvaD Satlh lut vIqon neH. 

- Qov



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