tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 29 15:24:28 1995
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Re: First Klingon Word
- From: "Garrett Michael Hayes" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: First Klingon Word
- Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 18:30:05 -0500
- Organization: Client/Server Labs
- Priority: normal
On 28 Dec 95 at 13:36, d'Armond Speers wrote:
>
> Many of you know that I've been speaking Klingon to my son. He is now
> about 18 months, and I *only* speak Klingon to him. (Some may call me
> crazy, but...).
>
> This past week, he said his first Klingon word. He can say only a few
> things in English, that we (but probably noone else would) recognize.
> Things like "dit doo" ("thank you"), "ba ba" (either "bye bye" or
> "bottle"), etc.
bIDo'bej SoH! Dochmey teH DaghojmoH
paQDI'norghvam lubepDI' tera'gnan 'e' nuq bIjatlh'a'
(You are fortunate! You teach true things.
When Terrans object to these teachings, what do you say?)
[grammarians, please feel free to leap in. That was some VERY shaky
construction on my part!]
'etlhqengwI'
Garrett Michael Hayes
Client/Server Labs
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