tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Aug 12 15:43:54 1995
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Re: }} Don't greet Death
- From: "R.B Franklin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: }} Don't greet Death
- Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995 12:43:54 -0700 (PDT)
On Fri, 11 Aug 1995, Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
> >Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 08:24:11 -0400 (EDT)
> >From: "Elizabeth C. Hoyt" <[email protected]>
>
> >On Thu, 10 Aug 1995, R.B Franklin wrote:
>
> >> Wed, 9 Aug 1995, ghIth tlheghmeQ:
>
> >> > Too bad we don't have a word for polite. Maybe {yIjatlhQo' qaqIHneS}
>
> >> I translate that last part as, "Don't speak. I meet you, your honor."
>
> >It's supposed to be: Don't say "I'm honored to meet you."
> >I thought I had this right. Where did I go wrong?
>
> Nowhere. I read it exactly as you intended. I guess yoDtargh forgot that
> "jatlh" can mean "say" as well as "speak" and that the quotes of a verb of
> speaking can follow or precede.
bIlugh. vImughHa'pu'. reH Suvrup SuvwI''a'.
> ~mark
yoDtargh