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Re: ghojmoHwI'wI' Qu'



>tlhIngan mu'ghomDaq mu' puS vItu'laHbe'.  "music" "song" je 'oHtaH
>mu'vetlh'e'.  'oH wutlh.  (<- Oh well  :)

HIja', qay'bej.  OkrandvaD "music"mu'mey tlhob Lawrence vItlhobpu' 'ej
nunoblaw' 'e' vIHar.

>"music" ghojmoHwI' 'oHtaH ghojmoHwI'pu'wI' wa''e'.  "University of

nuv ghaH, qar'a'?  vaj "ghaHtaH" 'oHnIS.

>Texas"Daq ghojwI''a' (graduate student) 'oHtaH.  "U.T."Daq ghojwI' neH

"ghaHtaH" 'oHnISqa'.

>jIHtaH.  "music" ghojwI''a' oHtaHmo' puqvaD "song" ghItlh 'e' oHta'

ghaHtaHmo'.

>Qu'Daj'e'.  "song"Daq Hol law' tu'lu' 'e' neHta' ghaH.  "Chinese"

wot cha'DIch 'oHDI' "neH"'e' "'e'" lo'be'lu'.  "'e'" yIlel.

>"Spanish" "Swahili" je ghajta', 'ach Holmey vIparHa' 'e' Sov.

>jIHvaD nuqDaq Hol vIjatlhlaH 'e' tlhobta' ghojmoHwI'wI'.  Holmey

nuqDaq?  jIyajchu'be'.

'ej "'e'" yIlelqa'.  You don't use 'e' with a verb of speaking or saying,
which tlhob clearly is.

>vIja'ta' 'ej "Esperanto" vIja'ta'DI' HolvetlhDaq "song"Daj vImugh
>neHtaH.  tlhIngan HolDaq vImugh 'e' vInIDqang 'e' vIja'ta', 'ach

"'e'" cha'DIch yIlel.  Again, ja' is a verb of speaking.

>ghaytan tera'ngan yabvaD tlhIngan HolDaq "song" 'IHbe' 'e' vIja'ta'.

"'e'" yIlelqa'qu'.  Ditto.  Also suspect some word order problems; what's
the subject of 'IH?

>Qochbe'pu' ghaH.  naDev tlhIngan HolDaq "song"Daj oH:

>nuqneH
>nuq oHtaH pongwIj'e'?

' ghaj mu' "'oH".  qatlh pongDaj'e' tlhoblI' "sing"wI'?  "ponglIj'e'"
vIpIHpu'.

>maQuj vIneH'a'?

Doch neHbogh Sovbe''a' "sing"wI'?  naDev "DaneH'a'" vIpIHpu'.

>jupwI' yImoj (Actually it's "Let's be friends," but yImaH sounds funny
>	      to me)

Not bad at all.  Another possibility:  juppu' DImojjaj 

I'd probably just use:  jup maHjaj

And then, if we wanna *really* Klingonize this kiddy-song:

"jupwI' bImojbe'chugh vaj bIHegh."  {{;-)


>tlhIngan puqpu'vaD "song"vam ghojlu'moHbe' 'e' vItul.  tlhInganpu'vaD

'e' vItul je jIH.  'ach "ghojmoHlu'be'" 'oHnIS.  Suffix order.

>Doghbej oH, qar'a'?

qarchu'!

majQa', Peter.  jabbI'IDvam vIlaDghach vItIvpu'.

>Peter Garza
>[email protected]

        --HoD Qanqor



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