tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Apr 18 20:15:22 1996
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Re: KLBC: Lumberjacks
- From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Lumberjacks
- Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 22:17:17 -0500
qu' writes:
>[ Yes, as a beginner, I know that I should try something simple like
> "See Spot run" (qetbogh targh yIlegh), but I couldn't resist: ]
[This isn't "see Spot run" -- it's "see the running Spot".]
>How about:
> SuvwI' jIH 'ej Quch jIH
"I am a warrior and I am a forehead."
No, it's not ambiguous; that's what it says!
If you want to say "I am happy" you have to use a verb prefix: {jIQuch}.
> jaj Hoch jaghmey vIHoH
"I kill enemies all of the day." Maybe you should use {pem}, not {jaj}.
{jaj} refers to the entire 24-hour period from one dawn to the next.
>but I'm not sure that works, so:
> nI'vIs jaghmey vIHoH
nuqjatlh? {-vIS} is always accompanied by {-taH}, so it needs to be
{nI'taHvIS}. But "while it is being lengthy I kill enemies" doesn't
make a lot of sense to me. While *what* is being lengthy?
>or:
> DalDI' jaghmey vIHoH
"When it is boring I kill enemies."
When *what* is boring? You probably mean "when I get bored...", but
that's not completely clear.
>qu' [ probably should go back to lurking because this is getting silly! :-) ]
If you're going to keep popping up with translation questions then ducking
back under cover, you shouldn't post under the KLBC subject.
-- ghunchu'wI' batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj