tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 01 21:37:52 1994
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Re: po puv bortaS! (translation)
- From: [email protected] (Nick NICHOLAS)
- Subject: Re: po puv bortaS! (translation)
- Date: Thu, 3 Feb 94 2:36:41 EDT
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>; from "Mark E. Shoulson" at Feb 1, 94 12:02 pm
batlh choja', Mark E. Shoulson quv:
=>jatlh charghwi' quv:
=>: We have intransitive verbs that do not have "be" in their definition:
=>: {ba'} = "sit"
=>: This is definitely not okay to use as an adjective.
maj, nuq 'oHnIS DIp 'o' wot boQubmeH Saja'chuq, 'ach yajHa'ghach Dun'e'
ghajbogh charghwI' tI'lu''a'? taHtaHghach wot 'oH wa' wot, 'e' wuqmoHlaHbe'
ghu'vam: bong mughtahghach mu'Daq "BE" tu'lu'. 'e' wuqmoHlaH wot HechtaHghach
(meaning) pagh latlh je. taHtaHghach wot 'oHba' "ba'", vaj DIp 'o'Daq 'oH
lo'laH. 'e' tembe' 'ay' 4.4.
"Ha'DIbaH meQ Sopqang tera'ngan" jatlhlaw' je Okrand. "be burning" ja'be'
mu'ghom quv. 'ach reH loQ Okrand SoQ vIHonqang...
An aside: is it just me (and I know for a fact it isn't), or does talking
in Klingon actually *force* you to be rude? ;)
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