tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Aug 17 09:28:14 1994
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Re: KLBC: Re: rI' nobmey nobw...
On Wed, 17 Aug 1994, Niall Hosking wrote:
>
> >
> > In YOUR example (using Krankor's perferred word for the generic
> > "love" word), if I say {qamuSHa'}, then if you add that YOU
> > love ME, you are changing both the subject and the object, so
> > it is not the same kind of simple addition of another item to
> > the subject list or the object list. In that specific instance,
> > the only answer is {'ej qamuSHa'}.
> >
> > Of course, this is a strange sentiment to express verbally,
> > since Power Klingon describes the more traditional Klingon way
> > to express it non-verbally. Please heed the warnings about this
> > on that tape...
> >
> > charghwI'
> >
> >
> My little sister once insisted that I teach her "I love you" in as many
> languages as I could. Having taught her the French, Latin (and
> therefore Italian), Spanish and German, the only other language I could
> manage was Klingon. However, in my naivity (sp?) I used {bang} - I
> guess I'll have to let her know that that's 'wrong'. I'm trying to
> gather a few other languages - hopefully soon I'll be able to do Quenya
> and Sindarin.
>
> It's also useful for girlfriends - especially when they've never
> listened to Power Klingon.
Why is "bang" wrong? It comes right for TKD.