tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 19 00:33:55 1994
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Re: Requesting help!
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Requesting help!
- Date: Fri, 19 Aug 94 12:29:44 EDT
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>; from "Bill Willmerdinger\" at Aug 16, 94 11:53 pm
According to Bill Willmerdinger\:
>
> I'd like to ask the help of the Grammarians in determining if I have this
> phrased correctly. The original context is not important, but I'm very
> curious to know if I did this correctly.
Well, I'm SORT OF a grammarian, now, I guess...
> qaStaHvIS wa' nem *Riverside*Daq to'baj 'uSHom lughoDlu'bogh vISopDI'
> HItlhejneS *Rosemary*
>
> I intended to say something like this:
>
> Rosemary, do me the honor of joining me for stuffed to'baj legs at Riverside
> next year.
>
> My biggest worry is how to express "next year"...
One interesting variation would be {qaSpu'DI' wa' nem...} "As
soon as one year from now has finished happening..." This is
the reason that these two suffixes are not of the same type.
They complement each other well. {qaSDI'} alone would be
acceptable, perhaps, though {qaSpu'DI'} is more accurate, and
everyone knows how accuracy and certainty can help your social
stature...
>
> Was the rest of the sentence unambiguous enough to translate easily?
HIja'. majQa'!
> Satlho'!
>
> Qob
>
> ... May your consorts consistently feel the need to wash their hair.
>
OOOOOooooooooooooo.....
Dungaghjaj targhlIj neH.
charghwI'