tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 15 13:51:03 1995
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bIlegh'a'?
- From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
- Subject: bIlegh'a'?
- Date: Fri, 15 Dec 95 16:43:47 EST
majIq writes:
>: >: qatlho'. jInej 'ach jISambe'pu'. DaH vIlegh.
>: >
>: >bIlegh'a'? nuq Dalegh? mu'tlhegh Dalegh'a'? targh Dalegh'a'? ;-) :
>: 'oH'e' vIlegh. :-)
>: lengwI' tlha'laHchu' lengwI' 'e' 'angbogh TKD nav loSmaH chorgh
>: chovnatlh'e' vIlegh. DaH bIQuch'a'? (yItlheD, puq. chonuQ. :-)
>
>toH! jIQuchlaw' ;-)
>
>I just wanted to raise a "flag" in that "I see" is a colloquialism.
>It may work in English, but may not work in Klingon.
If I had meant "I see," I would have written {jIlegh}, and if I had
written {jIlegh}, I would have meant "I see" as in "I perceive with
my eyes."
>When a Terran says "I see!", they really mean "jIyajbej!"...
If I had meant "I see!" I would have written {toH}.
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