tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jun 08 14:18:36 2012
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] "Be excellent to each other"
On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 3:39 AM, De'vID jonpIn <[email protected]> wrote:
> How would you translate this phrase from Bill & Ted?
vImughlaHpa', qech 'oSbogh vISovnIS. vIyajbe'. nuq Dajatlh DaneH?
What does it mean to "be excellent to" someone? Does it denote
respect? Charity? Pride in workmanship? It's a vague phrase that
doesn't mean anything clear to me.
If you just want to translate the words, {tlhIHvaD pepov} probably
comes close. {...pepov'eghmoH} is more proper grammar even if it
sounds a little less concise. {ngIq tlhIHvaD...} might even work for
the "to each other" idea, though I'm not sure how well pronouns fit in
that sort of construction.
-- ghunchu'wI'
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