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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] ghargh'a Doq Hud'a' je -- wa' vI' wa'DIch
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On Jun 22, 2014, at 5:32, Gaerfindel <<a
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/20/2014 2:47 PM, Gaerfindel
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">I'm sure that by
now everyone has seen the duel between Gregor "The
Mountain" Clegane and Oberyn "The Red Viper" Martell.
That's exactly what I'm going to *attempt* to describe in
Klingon. Wish me luck!<br>
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So after much hel -- particularly with the difference between
{lung} and {ghargh} -- I've reworked the first part of the
tale: The Call to Attention.<br>
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{Qoy! Qoy </font></div>
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Is Qoy an order or a statement? The former would be clearer with
an imperative prefix. Also if it's an order, putting the vocative
before the order kinda makes sense. As in: hey you, do this.
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font
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-pu' is type 2. -wI' is type 4 and spelled incorrectly. <br>
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So basically: {Qoy! juppu'wI' yIQoy!<br>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> SeymoH
lut. pIlmoH lut.</font><font face="Times New Roman,
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DunmoH</font></font></div>
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nuq DunmoH?<br>
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Meh. I could have gone with just {Dun} "be wonderful", here.<br>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font
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With the type 9 this becomes a sentence fragment. <br>
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So much the same with above? {'ej 'IQmoH} "and tragic" (lit.
"causes sadness")<br>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> Haychu'ta'
ghargh Doq HuD je lut Samuch!}<br>
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A comma between elements in an anded list helps readability. <br>
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Noted.<br>
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<div>You also need punctuation between the two sentences. yap .
: ; ghap. </div>
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<div>"A red/orange serpent/worm and a mountain duel to the
death" and "I present you with the story.". </div>
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Whaddya think?<br>
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lut'e' vIlaD 'e' vIloS. lutvam vISovbe' 'ej lutmey vItIv. <br>
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-Qov<br>
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qatlho'<br>
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~quljIb<br>
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