tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 12 17:28:21 1995
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Re: Proverb
On 12 Dec 95 at 15:35, Matt-5 wrote:
> I was thinking about that old proverb, 'Give a man a fish and you
> feed him for a day; teach him how to fish and you feed him for a
> lifetime' the other day, and then I thought of an interesting
> Klingon variation which came out as:
>
> tera'nganvaD Ha'DIbaH Danobchugh, DaHjaj Daje'nISbe'qa'.
> SoH DaHoH, not DanuQqa'.
This had me laughing out loud, majQa'. *I* understood it just fine,
whether the grammarian finds fault with it is left to be seen.
However, you do need an 'ej or better yet a {-chugh, vaj} to connect
{SoH DaHoH} with {not DanuQqa'}. As it is these sentances aren't connected.
Is there any specific reason you chose Ha'DIbaH over Soj? It's more
specific, but its also longer (not that length is in any way bad);
I'm just curious.
> taghqIj
maSqa'
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