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Re: KLBC: HoghwIj



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Do'valvo':

>jIDoy'qu'
>muQatlh Hoghvam
>rInlaw' paq
>ghIQ cha' jaj jIleS vIneHbej
>'ach Qu'mey le'be' vIrInmoH 
>tugh rInmoH bIQ 'e' vItul
>chaq QongmeH jaj QaQ 'oH DaHjaj'e'

jIghIQnISqu' je.
naDev jabbI'IDmey law' vIlI'nISbogh vIghaj.
DujoywIjDaq vIvumnIS je.
QapHa'lI' DujwIj De'wI'.
vItI'lI'.
tugh De'wI'na' Da De'wI'Hey.
DuSaQDaq jIQapmeH jIHaDnIS je.
HIja', jIHvaD Qatlh je Hoghvam.

'ej reH Qonglu'meH jaj QaQ 'oH DaHjaj'e'. {{;)


Nice post!  I just need to make a few corrections...

I am not going to say your second line is *wrong* (although my insteincts tell 
me to..), because this touches on one of those Greatly Debated Topics:  the 
transitivity of verbs.  What you have there translates to "This week is 
difficult me."  That may or may not be valid Klingon.  If you want to avoid 
the issue, try using a no-object prefix on the verb, and put the appropriate 
pronoun with -vaD attached at the beginning, like so:

	jIHvaD Qatlh Hoghvam

Make sense?

Your fourth line had a real big boo-boo.  <ghIQ> is not a noun meaning 
"vacation"; it is a verb meaning "to take a vacation."  I am not certain you 
can use -ghach on it, either, because that would nominalize to the taking of a 
vacation... if you understand that.  Or so I would interpret it.  I would be 
safe and use the verb as a verb:

	qaStaHvIS cha' jaj, jIleSmeH jIghIQnIS
	"I need to take a vacation in order to relax, for two days."

In the third-to-last line, you used -be' on a verb you were using 
adjectivally.  Technically, this is a no-no, but most of us ignore it. 
(Including me, I admit.)  I would have either used -Ha', which is generally 
more acceptible on adjectival verbs, or better still, put the -be' on the main 
verb, like so:

	'ach Qu'mey le' vIrInmoHbe'

Very nice use of <rIn>, by the way!  However, you fudged it in the next 
line... <rIn> means "to be accomplished," so you don't have to use the -moH 
there.  IT also took me a long time to realize that you typoed in that line as 
well.  <bIQ> is "water."  I think you wanted <bIH>, "they (non-speaking)"?

Except for the error with <bIQ>/<bIH>, I didn't have any problems 
understanding what you were trying to say.  This is good.  {{:)


Translations:
I also need to take a vacation.
I have many transmissions which I nee to send here.
I need to work on my ship, too.
My ship's computer isn't working right.
I am fixing it.
Soon it will work as it should.
I also need to study for school.
Yes, this week is rough on me, too.

And it is always a good day to sleep. :)


--HoD trI'Qal

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