tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 22 21:18:32 1994
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Requesting help!
- From: [email protected] (Bill Willmerdinger)
- Subject: Requesting help!
- Date: Mon, 22 Aug 1994 23:51:00 -0500
I would sooner die than face Uucp & Bill Willmerdinger in
battle over Requesting help!!
Uu> From: "William H. Martin" <ur-valhalla!jm.acs.virginia.edu!whm2m>
Uu> Well, I'm SORT OF a grammarian, now, I guess...
If you're BG, you're more than "sort of". :-)
> qaStaHvIS wa' nem *Riverside*Daq to'baj 'uSHom lughoDlu'bogh vISopDI'
> HItlhejneS *Rosemary*
>
> My biggest worry is how to express "next year"...
Uu> One interesting variation would be {qaSpu'DI' wa' nem...} "As
Uu> soon as one year from now has finished happening..." This is
Uu> the reason that these two suffixes are not of the same type.
Uu> They complement each other well. {qaSDI'} alone would be
Uu> acceptable, perhaps, though {qaSpu'DI'} is more accurate, and
Uu> everyone knows how accuracy and certainty can help your social
Uu> stature...
I hadn't thought of that, but it does make sense. I'll have to remember
that... Hmm. Guess it's time to start my own annotated TKD!
> Was the rest of the sentence unambiguous enough to translate easily?
Uu> HIja'. majQa'!
qatlho.
> ... May your consorts consistently feel the need to wash their hair.
>
Uu> OOOOOooooooooooooo.....
Uu>
Uu> Dungaghjaj targhlIj neH.
ngagh or nagh? I remember Capt. Krankor using nagh in HolQeD.....
Grrrrr!!! (NOTE: This is NOT ghghghghghghgh!)
va! There's no word for chest! :-(
Qob
... SoSlI' Quch beQ law' SoSlI' 'etporgh beQ puS