tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Mar 27 09:26:26 1994
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Re: KLBC: nuqDaq jIyInlI'
- From: d'Armond Speers <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: nuqDaq jIyInlI'
- Date: Sun, 27 Mar 1994 22:24:17 -0500 (EST)
trI'Qal responds to me thus:
> boghDI' ghura', juta' 'e' vIpoQ!
Um, {juta'}? I hope you mean {juja'}!
> loDHom be'Hom ghap DaneHqu''a'?
Um, yes. Is there another choice?
> 'ej pong bowIvta''a'?
HIja'. "Alexander Logan Speers" "Chloe Elaine Speers" je. And no,
"Alexander" is not after Whorf's son!
> Actually, you did fine... except for one small boo-boo. You had the wrong
> prefix in the second line, on <jIHaDlI'>.
Darn darn darn! Qu'vatlh! I knew that.
> Your "if it is a boy or a girl" is
> a bif of an iffy construct (if you pardon my puns. {{:) ).
I knew I was stretching the bounds of good grammar, but I was pressed
for a better translation. I like your suggestion!
> loDHom be'Hom ghap 'oHchugh.
ghorgh bogh ghu, qaja'!
--Holtej