tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Aug 06 11:44:55 1994
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Re: Have a nice day (KLBC)
- From: [email protected] ("Coz")
- Subject: Re: Have a nice day (KLBC)
- Date: Sat, 6 Aug 1994 21:41:10 -0600 (MDT)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "d'Armond Speers" at Aug 6, 94 10:41:29 am
>
> > For "Have a nice Day", why not "DaHjaj DatIv" or "DaHjaj yItIv"?
>
> When I said "I won't even suggest it," I was hoping to point out that
> it's a very un-Klingon sort of thing to say. If I said one of your
> two suggestions above to a Klingon, how do you suppose he'd react?
> And how do you suppose I'd get my remains back to my family?
Agreed. But you still need to have a translation for the joke.
> > tlhingan tlhob tera'gnan
> > "'DaHjaj DatIv' vIjatlh'a'"
> > tera'gnan jang tlhingan
> > "DaH HIHoH"
>
> chay' "DaHjaj yItIv" jatlhlu' tlhob tera'ngan
> "DaH HIHoH" jang tlhIngan
>
> Notice that even though I've set off the question and answer in
> quotes, they still fit naturally into their places in the sentence, as
> far as syntax is concerned. The quotes are for ease of reading, as is
> any punctuation one uses with tlhIngan Hol.
I see what you've done here, and it DOES seem to work better. The thing that
has been confusing me about tlhingan Hol grammar is how you go about using
several verbs in one sentence, as you've done above.
>
> And KoSneH, if you're having such trouble with basic grammar, the best
> advice I can give is to go through the dictionary (grammar parts) a
> coupld of times, and read everything that comes across this list in
> Klingon! At the FTP site there are several longer texts, and when you
> feel comfortable, pick one out and give it a try. Meanwhile, mark
> your posts to the list as a part of the KLBC, and we'll work through
> your grammar woes together.
>
> --Holtej
>
I've been reading everything that comes across this list for quite some time
now; I *thought* I understood tlhingan Hol *until* I started reading this list.
Most of what comes through here only leaves me more confused than ever.
Would it be asking to much of the Linguists here to explain things a little
more simply and a bit less technically?
KoSneH, still confused, but enlightened and trying *real* hard to understand.