tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 06 16:10:34 1993
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Re: House languages & conversational Klingon
- From: [email protected] (The Songbringer -- Marnen to the common folk)
- Subject: Re: House languages & conversational Klingon
- Date: Tue, 6 Jul 93 18:12:32 EDT
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>; from "Matthew Faupel" at Jul 5, 93 5:05 pm
Matthew Faupel says:
[...]
: If anyone does have the tape, perhaps they could point out to me examples of
: each consonant use, e.g. in easy to spot words such as the personal pronouns
: and numbers. Incidentally, for those that don't have the tape, it's worth
: getting for the laughs alone. The conversations involving a Terran visiting
: Kronos are particularly good :-)
Lessee...
b -- as in English.
ch -- cha' "two."
D -- Dal "be boring," given on tape as SuDal "you (pl.) are boring."
gh -- ghuy'cha' "@#$%^&," but -rgh, as in chorgh "eight," sounds different.
j -- as in English (never as in French).
l -- as in English (clear, not dark, I believe).
m, n -- as in English.
ng -- tera'ngan "Terran."
p -- close to English.
q -- taHqeq "!@#$."
Q -- Qu'vatlh "@#$%," Qo'noS "Kronos."
r -- tera'ngan is the best example I can think of (but see under gh above).
S -- Soch "seven," Qo'noS.
t -- pretty much as in English.
tlh -- Qu'vatlh, tlhIH "you (pl.)"
v, w, y -- as in English.
' -- wa' "one," wa'maH "ten," cha', ghuy'cha', Qu'vatlh, Qo'noS, many others.
Hope I didn't forget any...
: Cheers,
: Matthew
Qapla'!
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