tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Dec 15 13:27:11 1994
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Re: Dear Kordite: A Klingon Advice Column
- From: "Mark J. Reed" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Dear Kordite: A Klingon Advice Column
- Date: Thu, 15 Dec 94 16:24:48 EST
- In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 15 Dec 1994 10:28:53 -0500. <[email protected]>
ghItlh ~mark:
\ >The phrase "I love you" does exist. BangwII jiH or jiH bang SoE
\
\ Neither, unless I can't read through the typos. I mean, Klingon doesn't
\ have a lower-case i or captial E in its standard orthograpohy, so I can't
\ even read these. The best "I love you" I can think of is "banwI' SoH",
\ which literally means "You are my beloved." I suppose that's close to the
\ first alternative. I can find no support for stuff r3esembling the second
\ one you gave.
bangwI' SoH is unarguably valid, but not quite literal. Another reasonable one
is "qamuSHa'". This is not canonical; it's extrapolation from par / parHa' and
muS, but I think it conveys the intended meaning very well.
-marqoS
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